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Wednesday, October 25, 1972

MORE JOB SEEKERS HELPED FIND EMPLOYMENT

The Local Employment Service of the Labour Department registered

9,531 job-seekers and introduced 5,611 of them to employers for selection

interviews in the third quarter of 1972.

Of these, 1,797 were successfully placed in employment, representing

an increase of 106 per cent over the corresponding quarter of 1971 and

an increase of 56 per cent over the second quarter of this year.

Of the 1,797 people placed in employment, 893 were placed in

industry, 506 in commerce,307 in Government service, 38 in the public

utilities and 53 in other establishments.

Seven of the successful applicants received an initial salary

of $1,000 or more; 19 started work at salaries of $500

at $300 - $499 and 363 at below $300.

$999; 1108

Of the 893 people placed in industry, 425 were apprentices who

were helped to enter into modern apprenticeship schemes by the Apprenticerhip

Training Unit of the Labour Department.

At present, there are 9,445 job-seekers registered with the Service,

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

looking for better employment.

The Service has on its books 597 vacancies, ranging from executive

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

to messenger in the civil service.

/The Local

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