Career or Love?

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Because I can’t resist…

Slate published this delicious quiz from an early 1950s magazine called Girlfriend. The quiz was titled  “What Are You Best Fitted For: Love or a Career?” The test asks readers to answer a string of questions about situations and preferences. A preponderance of “No” answers marked the reader as destined for marriage. The questions paint career women in a pretty unfriendly light; apparently we dislike men and have no interest in romance. Thank goodness for Helen Gurley Brown, who some 20 years later let us know we could have both.

I love that this screen shot has some woman’s answers penciled in  – she was destined for marriage and true love.

Enjoy.

Love or career quiz

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Candace’s background includes Human Resources, recruiting, training and assessment. She spent several years with a national staffing company, serving employers on both coasts. Her writing on business, career and employment issues has appeared in the Florida Times Union, the Jacksonville Business Journal, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and 904 Magazine, as well as several national publications and websites. Candace is often quoted in the media on local labor market and employment issues.

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