Show Demand for Skill Great In Utah I The demand for skilled workers work work- I ers em in Utah is steadily increasing increasing ing while demand for tor unskilled labor Is on the downgrade according according ac ac- ac I cording to the current Utah Labor Labor Labor La La- I bor Market Bulletin The number of unemployed In Inthe inthe the Beehive State has dropped i three per cent under the number number num num- ber out of work at summer mid-summer a year ago the report said but the big demand Is for skilled and trained workers Utah unemployment In August August August Aug Aug- hit slightly over 2 per cent of the labor Jabor force which is considered con con- normal by labor market market market mar mar- ket experts During the recession of 1959 it was 5 per cent The Toe big decline was In unskilled unskilled un un- skilled occupations as others showed slight improvement the Bulletin said The Increase over the year ago figure was primarily In the added demand for professional clerical and skilled workers Kenneth S. S Bennion president of IDS Business College in Salt Salt Lake CI City y said that the demand for trained office workers far exceeds the supply but that calls for unskilled office positions positions positions have virtually vanished I Recent graduates as a matter matter matter mat mat- ter of fact were faced with n a problem problem not not where I can find employment but which position shall I accept he said Arthur Coleman of the Utah Department of Employment Security Security Security Se Se- reported that a recent survey of Utah County showed the trend is toward fewer unskilled unskilled unskilled un un- un- un skilled occupations occupations from from 25 per percent percent percent cent 10 years rears ago to around 15 per cent now and that one out of four persons is employed Inan in inan inan an office or sales position positron He lie said this ratio is probably true for the entire intermountain mountain area In a recent study for high school graduates it was found that the top six entry occupations occupations occupations for high school graduates were secretary office clerk sales girl-cashier girl stenographer typist and waitress carhop car These six positions accounted for the beginning employment of 75 per cent of the girl graduates graduates grad grad- I from high school |