XN000022-1978-02-20 — Page 2

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1978

LABOUR COMMISSIONER OPENS CAREERS SEMINARS

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. PETER WILLIAMS, SAID TODAY THAT PLANNING ONE'S CAREER IS NOT EASY AND THAT IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT TO FIND OUT WHAT ONE IS BEST SUITED FOR.

MR. WILLIAMS WAS SPEAKING TO A GATHERING OF YOUNG PEOPLE MOSTLY FORM FIVE STUDENTS AT THE CARITAS SOCIAL CENTRE IN CAINE ROAD DURING THE OPENING OF THE FIRST OF 12 CAREERS SEMINARS ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE.

HE SAID: +TOO OFTEN WE HEAR PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT WORK. IT IS NOT WORK ALONE THAT THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. THEY ARE NOT SUITED TO THE LIFE-STYLE WHICH THEY HAVE DRIFTED INTO. THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY IN ADJUSTING TO THE WORLD OF WORK WHICH DEMANDS RESPONSIBILITY AND IMPOSES CHALLENGES ON THE INDIVIDUAL.+

MR. WILLIAMS SAID PLANNING ONE'S CAREER WAS A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO A BETTER AND MORE SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.

HE ADVISED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE ABOUT TO DECIDE ON A CAREER TO OBTAIN A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT LAY AHEAD OF THEM BEFORE ASKING WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, COULD DO AND WHAT WAS THERE TO DO.

TURNING TO THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE, HE SAID ITS WORK WAS CONCERNED WITH THE PREPARATION AND DISSEMINATION OF CAREERS INFORMATION, AND BY MEANS OF CAREERS LITERATURE, SCHOOL TALKS, SEMINARS, FILMS AND SLIDE PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS EXHIBITION, IT HOPED TO INTRODUCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE WORLD OF WORK.

THE JOB OF THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE, MR. WILLIAMS SAID, WAS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE START THINKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

REFERRING TO THE SEMINAR ITSELF, HE SAID IT WAS AN OCCASION FOR SPECIALISTS IN COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND THE CIVIL SERVICE TO GIVE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON JOB OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING FACILITIES AND JOB REWARDS, AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM STUDENTS.

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