PLACEMENT SERVICE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22878, 5 November 1937, Page 14

PLACEMENT SERVICE

SEVEN MONTHS' RETURNS 9791 PERMANENT JOBS FOUND For the seven months ended on October 30, tho State Placement Service made 24,743 placements throughout tho Dominion, 9791 being classed as permanent. In the past week 738 placements were made in tho Dominion. Auckland led other centres with 4405 placements, of which 1819 were permanent. Wellington came next with 3033 placements, and then Dunedin (1857) Gisborne (1260), Wanganui (1230), Christchurch (1118), Oamaru (1110), Hamilton (1019) and Palmerston North (.1011). BUILDING ACTIVITY APPRENTICES SIGNED UP [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] WHANGAKEI, Thursday "A pleasing feature of tho placement figures is that n number of apprentices have recently been signed up, and several others are likely to be. All trades are concerned, particularly building and its allied trades," said Mr. J. C. Hill, Whangarei placement officer, to-day. "The abnormal amount of building which has been in progress in Whangarei for some months, and which is still continuing, has no doubt had an effect in stimulating work, and the remilt is that there aro not quite sufficient skilled men availablo for building and skilled jobs generally." Mr. Hill said that there was not an acute shortage of farm labour, although there was a steady demand and quito a number of positions were being filled each week. For the week ended October 22 a record number of 24 placements was made.