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Show I' WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 1, 1977 ' APrUCArJTS UlJ m ILC INTERVIEWS APPLICANT Mrs. Geanine Haacke pulls file for review f applicant seeking job. Each applicant j experience resume on file. Mrs. Haacke is employed in Bountiful office. , 1K1 .4 r'.SfM Clintons police department has come of age. NOT THAT the departments personnel havent done a good job in the past, they have. Speaker For Women Voters In Layton Bountiful Job Service counselor Gary Porter interviews applicant for job. Local office receives between 450 and 500 applicants per month. (7D But the department has gone first class recently by upgrading its cars and equipment. 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 re- spect He noted that the department is more than just a reporting agency, where investigations are turned over be kept unmarked, he said. The Clinton department is small, only four men with CUSTOM SUPERIOR Miller Blue Ribbon Choice HALF OR WHOLE 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. v painted as-- 1370 WEST CENTRE ST., pi:c::e LAYTON 376-45- 10 Patttea or pound $1995 for your freezer ORDER NOW FOR GOOD SELECTION STEAKS for Labor Day Weekend WE WILL ACE AKD CUSTOM CUT.. YOUR OWN BEEF IN AN attempt to gain the publics respect and recognition, three of the citys four police cars have been uniformly rm said. We are trying to build up and provide as much service as we can. grb 25 ibs. NAr::UuGEn We want to be more involved in investigation and law prevention, he said. to someone else. Mrs. Norma Matheson, First Lady of Utah will be the special guest at a membership tea sponsored by the 3u some reserves, but we can do most of the things a large department can do," the chief and Polyester Vacuum Sealed Wrapping with marked in silver-blu- e big black letters Clinton Police. The fourth car will OTHER guests attending the tea are Representative Wyllis Dorman-Ligh- , Representative Georgia League of Women Pet-terso- n. Voters of Utah State President Gina Rieke, and State Organization Director Gaye 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 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 basis and office counseled 289 individuals on a held 568 individual counseling sessions. Individual testing was offered to 576 to determine their aptitudes or potential job skills. one-to-on- e OF THE total number placed on jobs during the last ten months, 684 were women, 92 were older workers and were handicapped. Both the Bountiful and Layton offices offer community counseling as well as counseling to job seekers who walk into the offices. Both offices conduct numerous clinics and are available for speaking engagements to any civic or public service groups. 65 WE TRY to stay on top pf the needs within the comOur munity and surrounding areas, said Mr. Beers. staff is visiting employers constantly to determine their needs." Special emphasis is put on needs of older workers, veterans, the youth, women and minority and migrant groups. EACH GROUP has individual needs and we try to stay 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. 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-tere and minority groups. unemployed, Both offices offer extensive testing by counselors to determine an applicant's capabilities. Aptitude, interest and proficiency tests are guidelines for an applicant who is unaware of his job skills, it was explained. EVERYONE HAS a job skill," said Mr. Beers. "It's our job, with the applicants 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 it's not the applicant's lack of skill but a personal problem that prevents him from finding or holding onto a job. 'Then we work with this applicant to overcome this problem and start him out anew." ALTHOUGH Announcing the Opening of Laytons Only CHINA & GIFT STORE Plaza Layton Shopping Store Located behind Layton Dept. 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 and minority families." He 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. low-inco- 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." BOTH 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 fastgrowing 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. THE LAYTON office is located at 195 E. Gentile and the Bountiful office is at 455 West Center. j Watch for the Grand Opening BOTH offices provide about the same services, their problems are sometimes quite different. 4 0 Off Any Purchase WITH COUPON One coupon per purchase. 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