UNIVERSAL APPEAL

Evening Star, Issue 22458, 1 October 1936, Page 2

UNIVERSAL APPEAL

ALL UNEMPLOYED MEN ENROLMENT UNDER PLACEMENT SCHEME [Special to the ‘ Star.’] WELLINGTON. September 30. Fids week there has been sent to the 3kd district offices ol the employment division of the Labour E moment a supply of circulars for dis.ributinn to all the registered ur-'uipluyt .I—and t) any non-;filter; I n :> .-bo may af’' - inviting tho~j wh;> i , ve rot yet enro.’cd under the placement scheme to do so and thereby participate in its proven benefits. Accompanying the circular was a form upon which the applicant for work was asked to supply essential information, the necessity for absolute accuracy regarding these details being stressed. This universal appeal should, to a certain extent, provide data concerning the desire of many unemployed men to exchange their present purposeless existence as recipients of relief for a life of activity and usefulness at normal rates of pay. It is beyond question that the men’s best interests will be served if they are reabsorbed into industry, even if the private work provided consists merely of periods of temporary employment, because eventually, as by this means a man regains his skill, his chances of a permanency are considerably increased. APPLICANTS TOO MODEST. In many cases it has been found that in reply to inquiries regarding their trade or occupation, some men omit to state the one in which they were oriirinally trained. It is most essential that this information should be given, because if the man has been trained in a trade and has drifted into work that will not enable him to provide for his future, the placement officer may know of an cm id oyer who needs such a tradesman, and thus he may be able to return to a well-paid and worthwhile job. When a man is great'v in need of employment, he should disclose all his qualifications to those whose duty it is to try and find work for him. They will" then bo able accurately to judge the class of work for which the applicant is fitted, and decide to which employer he should be recommended. 1 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. Tho main purpose of the circular is to offer to every unemployed man in the Dominion the whole of the resources available through the 22 placement offices. This offer means that all enrolled men, no matter where they live nor what kind of work they are qualified for, will be on exactly the same footing so far as opportunities for employment arc concerned. The men in the backblocks can be almost as quickly reached by local officers as the men in the suburbs of cit : es, so that if Brown is recorded as a plasterer, but engaged in labouring work at Whangamomona, and tho interoffice records show that a plasterer is required at Wellington or Auckland, a message calls him promntlv to the nearest placement office and he is speeded on his way to a much more satisfactory position. Those who fail to enrol have only themselves to blame if they are unable to obtain suitab’e private employment because of the fact f'at employers in all parts of the Dominion are mainW recruiting their staffs from the certified men enrolled at the placement offices.