EMPLOYMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 64, 16 March 1910, Page 8

EMPLOYMENT.

.' <To the Editor-.... ,:'.. || Sir, —As 'the above is a. rather burning X question just now and- will be more so Vj as the winter advances,-I take this opportunity to. ventilate a: few matters that affect employer- and seekers employment. Now, Sir, do you'k-ovr'there are hundreds of clerks unemployed -in this town? . Ask any .of the firms, who have recently advertised, for one, : and they will tell you the numbers of replies they receive arid' the keen 'riompet-tioa for work at ridiculously low rates. Heartbreaking work it is replying to these firms' advertisements,-and getting no answers.- The ••time necessary ;in copying references, compos—ion, also stamps and paper, what for? Nothing; very likely a I bogus advertisement, for it is an open { secret that an employee is often chosen ' before advertising, and what the reason | for advertising is goodness knows, except | it may -be just to see how many and <i whom reply. Is this fair? Now, as to £ the reason* for this overstocking in the 7 clerical ranks. I—iy and I think it hits 7 the mark, that the imported immigrant X and the ones who have 'been lured' here -; are the cause, and given- everything equal X in fitness and ability between _aportel 1 and colonial, who should get the work? I say the colonial. Hasn't he helped to 7. •build up New Zealand to whalt it is? X He has bad bis share in the struggle from boyhood up, and it is his adopted country, but he gets passed over in favour of one who has just arrived on : its shores, and who in. most cases will get away home again and spend the: - money he saves here. What I have said is correct, and not only applies to clerical \ work, but also to shop assistants, etc. •I have experienced it myself in my effort, to obtain employment, and have found my successful rival in nearly every case • ■has come from the "Old Dart"— am s ' etc -» ~ COLONIAL. - •■' " : _ i' _______——__—__;__ ■*" — ■' svjSSSE