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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1980

MORE PEOPLE USE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

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A TOTAL OF 22 362 PEOPLE OBTAINED JOBS THROUGH ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES) LAST YEAR - A 44 PER CENT INCREASE OVER 1978'S 15 564.

AMONG THEM WERE 254 UNIVERSITY OR POST-SECONDARY COLLEGE GRADUATES WHO OBTAINED SUITABLE POSITIONS.

OTHERS OBTAINED WORK MAINLY AS CLERKS, STORE-KEEPERS, TYPISTS, DRIVERS, TRAINEES, APPRENTICES, ASSEMBLERS, SALESMEN OR SALESGIRLS, MESSENGERS AND LABOURERS.

OF THE SUCCESSFUL JOB-SEEKERS, 11 157 OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRY, 6 286 IN COMMERCE, 2 888 IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE, 165 IN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND 1 866 IN OTHER SECTORS.

THE LES WHICH PROVIDES A FREE SERVICE TO HELP EMPLOYERS RECRUIT STAFF AND JOB-SEEKERS TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT HAD A BUSY YEAR IN 1979.

THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE FACT THAT MORE EMPLOYERS AND JOB-SEEKERS ARE MAKING USE OF ITS SERVICES.

MORE EMPLOYERS APPROACHED THE LES FOR RECRUITMENT OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AS DID PEOPLE POSSESSING PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SEEKING ASSISTANCE.

CONSEQUENTLY THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL JOB PLACEMENTS IN THIS CATEGORY WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE OF THE 123 IN 1978.

SINCE OCTOBER 1978, THE RECRUITMENT OF MODEL I PAY SCALE CIVIL SERVANTS HAS BEEN CENTRALISED THROUGH LES. LAST YEAR 2 794 PEOPLE WERE RECRUITED IN THIS WAY. THERE ARE VERY GOOD EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS AREA.

MODEL SCALE | JOBS INCLUDE SUCH POSTS AS DRIVER, LABOURER, CARETAKER, GARDENER, SANGER, LIFT OPERATOR, WATCHMAN, ETC.

ANYONE APPLYING FOR JOBS SHOULD REGISTER WITH THE NEAREST LES BRANCH OFFICE AND BRING THEIR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD AND A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH.

FOR EMPLOYERS RECRUITING STAFF, THEY NEED ONLY TO CONTACT ANY OF LES'S 13 BRANCH OFFICES BY TELEPHONE OR IN PERSON GIVING INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICULARS OF VACANT POSTS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, AND SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED.

AS SOON AS A VACANCY ORDER IS RECEIVED, LES STAFF SELECT SUITABLE CANDIDATES FROM THE RECISTER OF JOB-SEEKERS FOR INTRODUCTION TO EMPLOYERS.

VACANCIES NOTIFIED ARE DISPLAYED AT ALL LES OFFICES ENABLING JOB-SEEKERS TO MAKE THEIR OWN PRELIMINARY SELECTION.

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