Post-war jobs? It depends on what we do today! America will need your skill
Industrial-skyline sheet: factory chimneys and lit windows under heavy black smoke against an orange sky, with 'Post-war jobs?' in large yellow type. The question and the line 'It depends on what we do today!' tie future employment to present work, a fear-appeal about jobs aimed at workers, with 'America will need your skill' as the ask.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc. (sponsor not named); artist Packer
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1529 (NAID 515195).
Text on the object
POST-WAR JOBS ? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO TODAY! AMERICA WILL NEED YOUR SKILL [signature:] Packer [imprint:] PRINTED IN U.S.A. [mark illegible] 8-176 Copyright, BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
