PLACEMENT OFFICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 15

PLACEMENT OFFICE

JHUTJ: VALLEY ACTIVITY

';< • dßATiFying success

:;-:|pralifyiri|;-success 'is' attending-'the effoi;ts;~oi.;tlxe.-placem.ent .officej: jn' the :Htitt;>Vfalley CMr:-:K. D: Whelan);and 'His'istaff irt^getting.men back into their regular^aivenues of employment Since, 'thej. scheme was;'.inaugurated in ,the; ■Butt Valiey inliae- latter;-part of May ;57r^r5ien:fia've been placed, lii temporary "enipjoxment, anpfj-bermanent work has been ■•found, for 111 men.. A number of -youthsamder."twenty years of age have-.also-been-placed :in; employment. '• • The^first, thing; the .placemcsit..officer does 'when"" an applicant, for -.york "comes before him is to- try and restore confidence. Men who have been out Qf work, for, ; years get' an iriferiorily ; comßleX, aiicU,although they still look for work they are often far from hopeful of ever. being'-placeCm' employment again.,/ Even if. work cannot bet provided^ immediately, the encourage-, ment, does avlofcVof g*ood. When a man' ! gives';his* : particular occupation thej Blac.ejo3.en.t officerJ gets in. touch, with .hisj^J)aSt","employers and finds out all' detaa3-.'irt^coi-m:eeticirir'iw-itli,-him., -Thus the placement officer, can recommendi ;a nna^r^viai"- con g^ ellcei as- his know- ; Tedge bfj^hjfnhs ~based on. in.formation. " supplied:, by; -p^aat employers. ; The list \ti nie'ri. 'requiring work. . covers a"great field of human activity;: : iniiteed'^almost every type of occupa- ; ;tion js listed. ■ In- New. Zealand them ' ;.are rtfneteta'V placement'- offices,, . and: oftce a,,week '^ list'combining the men: • pffejiin^-' to aIR Centres is; circulated. It; cqveißSiVsev.en. jind a' half, closely-typed: pages.t-lfi : at fipv requires a- bridge-r builder, :say,\ and -none is. offering ats the; placement officer looks, j .Up.'jhis,list,, andkees, three are: in. Wei-.,: lington;>and fou^ at Aueldand, ay the case,'may..be.,'-. i^. the:- Wellington list,-, • toy lristante, there are three clergymen; missioriersqfferinH. .Severabtiig emjjloyers are: working in, with. tHeKsch,onie,. but there is- still! room for. v more V t co-operation^ Mr.: Whelan says he. wpfuld like to get em-:|. ! ployers.:."b.ureau.triinded." In the list,, for instance, ther6 aYe men who would) i'p.ot fee galled unemployed in the tisuall ■sense of the%vqrd;. \They are still1 liv-; 1 ing ins their gwh- hofties and carrying: ;ott withhtheip*usual;. activities,, but they! ,'are not i)i?tfteir usual employment Onei [thing is'certain, and. tlhat is this:' if an; i'einplpyei: ,w ? ants: .i.mar^y whetlier-' it be; bank..or insurance cierk, clergyman,; labotu^er, mechanic, or.\ electrician, ai reliable man will- be on the books of: the placement-officer. ~

Men'sure at times assisted in finding emfjloynient outside ■ the district. In. oneLcas.ela.nian,,his viiie, and family were found employment in Taihape, and ift'ahpther'j. case;'work, was' offering; in Invercargill',. so a man . was sent: there. The Hieni who have been placed* often.write; express their thanks, to-the placementsOfflcer. '.'. '*

Officers are;;,maintainedi, at Lower Hutt and Petone,, the telephone number at If.o'wer Hutt being 63-874 and at Petorie';jo3-879::V ':,:: ; ■