Employee Retention is always tricky but more so for some (vintage) professions............

How would you like to be their Managers or "Personnel Officers?"

Bulletproof Vest Tester, 1928

 

Dog Food Tester

Human Alarm Clock 

Human Radar Detector

Bathing Suit Measurer

(Those in HR who have managed the company dress code might relate to this one.)

Odor Judge

 And from Hawaii........

 1930 Tour Guide at Volcano Crater at Kilauea

1940's BeachBoy at Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki

Sources:

Please review the full line-up of historical photos and other fun info at the following sites:

http://pulptastic.com/40-photos-from-the-past/

http://www.sharenator.com/jobs-that-have-gone-extinct/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2490432/Nancy-Rica-Schiff-photographs-worlds-oddest-jobs.html

http://www.vintag.es/2013/08/old-photos-of-hawaii-from-before-it.html

http://sfhcbasc.blogspot.com/2013/05/it-came-from-photo-morgue-odd-jobs.html