We’ve come a long way in commercial ad design since 1941.  But, you gotta love he clip art:)

Good to know that there was a shortage of scientists in 1954 as well as today.  Here is a vintage recruitment ad from Union Carbide. 

Here is a classic Vintage Recruitment Ad.  Bellcomm used John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose to Go to The Moon” speech in a recruitment campaign.  See…. they were creative back in the 1960s:

By now, you have probably heard about the seven year old directing air traffic at JFK last week.  If not, here is the YouTube video:

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Well, it is good to know that the FAA was having challenges finding Air Traffic Control Engineers back in 1959 as well.  Here is new ad from the Vintage Recruitment Ad series: 

This help wanted as is from 1936.  I guess they were still marketing Home Economics classes before they became mandated in high schools.

See more Vintage Recruitment Ads.

……to take us to the Moon.  Check out this help-wanted ad from 1967:

Here is a classic from 1944:

This ad was clearly created during a war-time era.  See other vintage recruitment ads here.

I found a real cool website that offers a library of vintage recruitment ads.  I plan on sharing one per week.  If you are impatient and want to check them all out sooner, go to: http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/ 

This one is from 1903.  Much different than how we advertise teaching jobs in Las Vegas. And teachers made a whopping (up to) $4,000 back then.