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(ii) Obtain from employers precise information on vacancies notified by them to the service and the requirements to be met by the workers whom they are seeking, (iii) Refer to available employment applicants with suitable skills and physical capacity, (iv) Refer applicants and vacancies from one employment office to another, in cases in which the applicants cannot be suitably placed or the vacancies suitably filled by the original office or in which other circumstances warrant such action; (b) Take appropriate measures to — (i) Facilitate occupational mobility with a view to adjusting the supply of labour to employment opportunities in the various occupations, (ii) Facilitate geographical mobility with a view to assisting the movement of workers to areas with suitable employment opportunities, (iii) Facilitate temporary transfers of workers from one area to another as a means of meeting temporary local maladjustments in the supply of or the demand for workers, (iv) Facilitate any movement of workers from one country to another which may have been approved by the governments concerned ; (c) Collect and analyse, in co-operation where appropriate with other authorities and with management and trade-unions, the fullest available information on the situation of the employment market and its probable evolution, both in the country as a whole and in the different industries, occupations and areas, and make such information available systematically and promptly to the public authorities, the employers' and workers' organizations concerned, and the general public ; id) Co-operate in the administration of unemployment insurance and assistance and of other measures for the relief of the unemployed ; and (e) Assist, as necessary, other public and private bodies in social and economic planning calculated to ensure a favourable employment situation. Article 1 Measures shall be taken — (a) To facilitate within the various employment offices specialization by occupations and by industries, such as agriculture and any other branch of activity in which such specialization may be useful; and (b) To meet adequately the needs of particular categories of applicants for employment, such as disabled persons. Article 8 Special arrangements for juveniles shall be initiated and developed within the framework of the employment and vocational guidance services. Article 9 1. The staff of the employment service shall be composed of public officials whose status and conditions of service are such that they are independent of changes of Government and of improper external influences and, subject to the needs of the service, are assured of stability of employment. 2. Subject to any conditions for recruitment to the public service which may be prescribed by national laws or regulations, the staff of the employment service shall be recruited with sole regard to their qualifications for the performance of their duties.

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