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Monday, January 22, 1973

4800 PEOPLE HELPED TO OBTAIN WORK

By Local Employment Service

The Local Employment Service of the Labour Department helped

place 4,841 people in employment in 1972. It registered 28,503 job

seekers and received 10,031 ordered vacancies.

The figures represented increases of 52 per cent, 73 per cent

and 42 per cent over those for 1971.

The sizable increase in placement may be attributed to the fact

that more employers are now making use of the Local Employment Service

as a result of personal visits by its officers.

In the fourth quarter of 1972, the Local Employment Service

registered 5,300 job-seekers and introduced 4,531 of them to employers for

selection interview.

Of these, 1,222 were successfully placed in employment. This

represents an increase of 16 per cent over the number of people placed

by the Local Employment Service during the corresponding quarter of 1971.

Of the 1,222 people placed in employment during the last quarter,

322 were placed in industry, 481 in commerce, 265 in Government Service,

11 in public utilities and 43 in other establishments.

Six of the successful applicants received an initial salary of

$1,000 or more a month; 395 started work at monthly salaries of $500

$999; 710 at $300 - $499 and 11 at below $300.

/Currently,

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