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Wednesday, May 3, 1972

OVER 4,000 JOB-SEEKERS REGISTERED

By Local Employment Service

In the first quarter of 1972, the Local Employment Service of

the Lebour Department registered 4,646 job-seekers and introduced 3,498 of

them to employers for selection interviews.

Of these, 773 were successfully placed in employment.

This represents an increase of 41 percent over the number of

people helped by the Service to find work during the corresponding quarter

of 1971.

Of the 773 people placed in employment, 309 were placed in

commerce, 233 in industry, 133 in Government service, 30 in public

utilities and 68 in other establishments.

Six of these successful applicants received an initial salary

of between $800 and $1,000 a month; 6 started work at salaries of $700 -

$799; 27 at $600 - $699; 56 at $500

$300

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$599; 327 at $400 - $499; 308 at

$399; and 43 at less than $300 a month.

Of the 233 people placed in industry, 13 were apprentices who

were helped by the Apprenticeship Training Unit of the Labour Department

to enter into modern apprenticeship schemes.

Currently, there are 4,029 job-seekers registered with the Service,

varying from the young and inexperienced, to experienced and qualified people

seeking better prospects.

The Service has on its books 957 vacancies, ranging from executive

to office boy in commerce, engineer to general worker in industry and artisan

to messenger in Government.

Release time: 6.30 p.m.