GIRL CLERKS WANTED.
THE SHORTAGE OF. TYPISTS, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, Feb. 8. A shortage of capable shorthand writers and typists is still troubling the Public Service Commissioners. There are places waiting in the public service for girls and women who can show a. reasonable degree of proficiency, but applicants of the right kind do not come forward. The shortage is particularly severe in Wellington, where the supply of shorthand writers and typists appears to fall far short of the demand. A girl sixteen years of age, able to write shorthand at the rate of eighty words per minute, can start in the public service at a salary of about £1 a week. An eighteen-year-old girl who can write 110 words per minute will receive £9O per year. These appointments make the girls civil servants, with permanent employment (subject to good behaviour), regular promotion and superannuation benefits. The terms seem to be more attractive than those offered by commercial houses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1916, Page 3
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161GIRL CLERKS WANTED. Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1916, Page 3
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