STATE PLACEMENT SERVICE

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22081, 1 May 1937, Page 9

STATE PLACEMENT SERVICE

* fQSITIONfc FOUND FOR FIFTY- ''" ■ SIX MEN

■' Work was found during last week by ■'jjte Christchurch Bureau of the State placement Service for 56 men. Twenty jone were permanent positions and 35 .;«* a temporary nature. Placements •made by the Christchurch bureau since "S£ inception of the service, now total Ltt is now becoming generally known <? at ,tne placement scheme is not con,'?pja to men receiving relief benefits, ,»Ut is available to every man seeking s employment in any class of trade or jeauing. "There has been a very generous, response from past employers ■ff-regard to the verification of the of their former employees who .2Pj now seeking positions." stated the placement Officer yesterday. "This coSwaaticn has proved to be a large .factor in the success of the scheme.' jWny hundreds of such verifications 1/2. ? been received, not only from i^ aI employers, but from all parts of >£"?, dominion. This assistance on be- "?" of the employers is an indication srt! heir . goodwill and interest in the .Wheme ln general'. Wm £ e has bee n a good, steady ina£.V^ lor farm labour, teamsters, rouseSi 3, s , he P h erds, and married couples, S *¥« in good jobs at vmS? ates of P av - The only seasonal thl at present calling for labour is fllh» Pota i° cr °P. the work being dig- •& a f ld s °rting. The demand for alta?*?"; 8 * or ordinary building and tem D "ase work is strong, coming rCto" oth £ r districts, including the West tßnr.ii F J tter s and turners have been cusf l 3 \ int l uir ed for both locally and ■Dliia„l,J? 4 there is at present no sur- ■ ««» of labour in this trade.