17,000 VACANCIES LAST OCTOBER

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28481, 10 January 1958, Page 13

17,000 VACANCIES LAST OCTOBER

At the end of last November the Department of Labour and Employment had been advised of 8538 vacancies in industry throughout New Zealand. By no means all vacancies were notified and the department tends to hear of more in some sections of industry than others. Employment returns in October showed that there were more than 17,000 vacancies throughout the country. This table shows a selection of occupations or occupation groups and the number of notified vacancies at November 30. Adults include skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.

Occupation Adults Juvenile Total Farm workers 122 155 277 Boilermakers 44 25 69 Fitters 97 8 105 Fitters-turners ...... 26 25 51 Motor mechanics .... 124 31 155 Sheetmetal workers 39 18 57 Clothing and footwear 14 66 80 Joiners 42 17 59 Paper and printing .. 47 43 90 Carpenters 287 31 318 Other building trades 226 80 306 Post and Telegraph .. Railways 301 412 713 (not workshops) 1105 426 1471 Clerks, office assistants 115 273 388 WOMEN AND GIRLS Clothing machinists .. Tailoresses, 504 119 623 dressmakers 17 121 138 Post and Telegraph .. 92 36 128 Shop assistants 88 91 179 Office assistants .... 63 111 174 Machine operators .. 33 31 64 Shorthand-typists ... 92 52 144 Typists .......... 59 28 87 Probationer nurses .. 200 24 224 Mental hospital nurses 93 20 113 Cooks 68 7 , 75 Housekeepers Other domestic and 93 5 98 personal services 276 69 345