Image: Help wanted, July 27, 1941. Credit: Los Angeles Times

Joe Light in the Wall Street Journal looks at job-hunting lessons from the Great Depression.

Interviews with historians and Depression-era job seekers suggest that the formula for finding work hasn’t changed much. Then, as now, those who relentlessly work at making personal connections have better luck landing jobs.

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