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Show Sg, t w m m ni i WEEKLY REFLEX DA Via NEWS JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 1. 1977 APPLICANTS ON FILE Each applicant has job experience resume on file. Mrs. Haacke is employed in Bountiful office. of applicant seeking job. Clintons police department has come of age. r the departments personnel havent NOT THAT done a good job in the past, they have. Speaker For Women Voters In Layton But the department has gone first class recently by upgrading its cars and equipment. IMS be kept unmarked, he said The Clinton department is small, only four men with some reserves, but we can do most of the things a large department can do, the chief said. We are trying to build up and provide as much service as we can." grb WE WANT the respect of the community, of everyone, said the citys new chief, Alan and were working Veibell, on a plan to gain that respect. He noted that the depart- ment is more than just a reporting agency, where Mrs. Norma Matheson, First Lady of Utah will be the special guest at a membership tea sponsored by the Provisional League of Women Voters of North Davis County to be held at the North Branch of the Davis County Library from 2 to 4 p.m. on September 17, 1977. investigations are turned over to someone else. We want to be more involved in investigation and law prevention, he said. IN AN attempt to gain the public's respect and recognition, three of the citys four police cars have been and painted uniformly with marked in silver-blu- e big black letters Clinton Police. The fourth car will OTHER guests attending the tea are Representative Dorman-Ligh- , Wyllis Representative Georgia League of Women Voters of Utah State President Gina Rieke, and State Organization Director Gaye Pet-terso- n, Littleton. The public is invited to REVIEWS JOB BOARD Renee Stone reviews new job openings posted on job board at Layton Job Ser vice office. Board lists new openings, job description and salary. By GARY R. BLODGETT EACH GROUP has individual needs and we try to on top of those needs, said Mr. Beers. Sometimes we will hire an older person or a veteran to go into the community and seek out these employment needs. Many times they can get closer to the problem than we can." stay Find a job, or fill one. THIS MOTTO of the Utah Job Service is easier said than done. But personnel of the Bountiful and Layton branches of Job Service go the extra mile to accomplish it. Filling a job or finding one requires much more than filling out an application form, said Bountiful Branch Manager Norman Beers. BUT WE will do everything in our power to not only accomplish the job but to also satisfy those with whom we work. These feelings are shared by Gary Bush, manager of the Layton District Office of UJS. BOTH OFFICES put a lot of effort into matching job applicants with suitable job positions. The counseling program, alone, takes a lot of time and manpower. For example, during the last ten months the Bountiful office received 4,669 applications for work, an average of 470 per month, and assisted them in finding 1,913 jobs. DURING THE same period, there were 2,416 job openings in the Bountiful office and the 1,913 jobs filled represents 79 percent success. The remaining 21 percent of the jobs not filled were the result of several things, said Mr. Beers. MANY TIMES employers will place an ad in the paper as well as an application with us," said Mr. Beers. "If the job is filled as a result of the ad, rather than through the Job Service office, it reflects as a vacancy not filled when in reality the position is filled and the employer is happy." But what if a person is unskilled or doesnt know his talents? THATS WHEN our counseling program comes into the spotlight. We work with many job seekers who have no idea what they are capable of doing. They simply need a job and come to us to find them one," he said. He noted that during the past ten months the Bountiful office counseled 289 individuals on a basis and held 568 individual counseling sessions. Individual testing was offered to 576 to determine their aptitudes or potential job skills. e Institutional (classroom) and training also are offered through both UJS offices. Both also work closely with religious job agencies, the Division of Rehabilitation and Family and Social Services. FEDERAL agencies, such as CETA (Comprehensive Employment Training Act) play a major role in both UJS offices. Most of these agencies aid the long-terand minority groups. unemployed, Both offices offer extensive testing by counselors to determine an applicants capabilities. Aptitude, interest and proficiency tests are guidelines for an applicant who is unaware of his job skills, it was explained. e EVERYONE HAS a job skill, said Mr. Beers. "Its our job, with the applicant's help, to try and determine what that skill or talent is and then find ways to develop that persons capabilities. He added that many times its not the applicants lack of skill that prevents him but a personal problem from finding or holding onto a job. Then we work with this applicant to overcome this problem and start him out anew. ALTHOUGH BOTH offices provide about the same services, their problems are sometimes quite different. The Layton office has perhaps a slightly lower percent of placement and a slightly higher unemployment ratio. THIS IS primary because our applicants don't have as many skills or have been out of the job market a long time, said Mr. Bush. Most of our jobs are in the unskilled category, and many applicants are from veterans, the youth, women and minority and migrant groups. Plaza Layton Shopping Located behind Layton Dept. Store Watch for the Grand Opening 10 Off Any Purchase WITH COUPON and minority families. said the Layton office registers more than 350 new applicants per month of which an average of about 150 per month are placed into jobs. BUT WE receive only about 20 percent of all job openings in Northern Davis County because of private agencies, people walking into businesses, or applicants who end up working for friends or relatives," he said. We are trying to raise our percentage of job applicants from about 20 percent to 35 or 40 percent." OFFICE managers expressed pleasure in the growth of job employment in the county. Since 1967 from a operation in Farmington, the Utah Job Service formerly the Utah Department of has expanded into the two fullEmployment Security time offices and business has increased many fold. one-ma- - n BOTH AGREE that through the efforts of the staff personnel and the additional programs being offered, the economy in Davis County is as healthy and as as anywhere in the state. And this is borne out by the July unemployment report which shows Davis County with only a 4.7 unemployment percentage, compared to 5.5 percent in the state. g WE TRY to stay on top of the needs within the community and surrounding areas, said Mr. Beers. Our staff is visiting employers constantly to determine their needs. Special emphasis is put on needs of older workers, CHINA & GIFT STORE He BOTH OF THE total number placed on jobs during the last ten months, 684 were women, 92 were older workers and 65 were handicapped. 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