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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1973 Lack of Job Seeking Skills is a Major Problem of Unemployed A report issued from Morris Hansen, Staff Development Specialist with the Utah State Board of Education's Division of .Rehabilitation .Services, indicates that many of Utahs unemployed remain out of work simply because they lack adequate job .1 seeking skills. For instance, says Hansen, "many people simply lack the communication skills necessary to apply for a job. Take for ex(Continued from Page I) ample a man who has extensive transmitted who have and the world by young people experience in the mechanics If he cant describe his their imagination, energies, and commitment through field. skills to a. prospective employer, the broad scope of Girl Scouting. If any organization, the experience does him little deserves special recognition for a job well done, it is good. Lack of appropriate job goals the Girl Scouts of America. is another weakness among job applicants the report says. Many people apply for a job without any clear idea of exactly what they want to do; they are just for a job. Multiple use of forest lands for recreation and timber applying Personal appearance also reproduction is coming to be recognized as a necessity, but ceived mention as a reason for standard in the devel- rejection of applicatons by many refusal to accept the multiple-us- e People come to employopment of the nations oil apd gas gas resources lias raised firms. ment interviews even for executhe scepter of an energy shortage. tive positions wearing dirty A vice president for exploration of Exxon warns levis, says Hansen. What they that delays in oil and gas exploration and development need to learn is that personal appearance is a big factor with caused primarily by environmental concern are putting most employers, especially those in question the petroleum industrys ability to meet the who work with the public. future energy needs. He blames the threatened shortage Other job seeking problems in the report include in large part on the extreme position taken by some mentioned not looking for work frequently environmental defends that oil and gas development is enough; inappropriate interviewiland water the ngof or mannerisms; and the imtotally incompatible with other uses proper completion of application space. He explains with specific recommendations how forms. certain regions should be developed. lie takes the tidal Because many of Utahs unmarshes as an example and points out, An environ- employed are served by the Division of Rehabilitation Services mental performance standard for tidal marshes might the division is initiating a new be that no structure would be erected that would unduly training program designed to impede the nautral water flow. Any structure which eventually aid clients in the job could meet that performance standard then should be application process. The first phase of the program allowed, the same shallow water area can be used simul- will be a workshop to prepare state to train such as constructive in for counselors the shrimping, purposes taneously the clients in seeking skills. oyster farming, selective shall dredging, oil well drilling, The workshopjobwill be held at outdoor channels and sports. transportation the Utah Technical College at The oil company executive concludes that industry Salt Lake this week. Topics to be covered during must demonstrate from available examples that the comthe two day session include commaxiis in it results sound use and that concept patible pleting job application forms, mum benefits to both public and private interests. It making a favorable impression Girl Scout Week Multiple Use For Energy Too might be added that the public should also demonstrate a greater willingness to give due consideration to the counsel of those who know the most about our energy requirements and the most practical way to meet them. Upon that willingness depends future energy supplies. Irresistible Pressure Columnist John Cuiiniff, in discussing the power of consumers in the market place, has described how the biggest industries, such as auto and home building, must eventually come to terms with their customers the consumers; or face trouble. He noted that it was pressure, e consumer demand, that forced car manufacturers to compacts. New home builders are confronted with increasingly stiff competitoin from mobile homes. The cost of orthodox construction has put the price of a standard home beyond the reach of many. What holds true in autos and home building holds true in every other area of the economy. Retailing is particularly sensitive to consumer pressures. This is demonstrated by the history of mass distribution. The automatic, built-i- n consumer protection features of free market, competitive, retail distribution are the surest guarantee off air prices products that come as nearly as is humanly possible to meeting consumer wishes. The necessities and luxuries enjoyed by the American people flow pipeline that, for sheer through a production-distributio- n efficiency, defies comprehension. How many people, for instance, can really visualize the miracle behind the opera- pro-dur- He LEASED with employers, and answering oral questions during the job interview. Enforcement Planning Agency Approves Funds to Communities The Utah Law Enforcement Planning Agency has given its approval for the disbursement of more than $402,000 to Utah communities for various criminal systems projects. The largest award from the agency was given to Salt Lake County for an alcohol and drug detoxification center already in operation. The agency approval was given for $109,105 and will continue the program designed to help eliminate the' county jail GRAPEVINE . The Salt Lake City Board of Education has asked the citizens what requirements should be set for the candidate applying for the position of Superintendent of Salt Lake City Schools. The citizens will have the opportunity to state their views on the subject at two special forums scheduled by the Board of Education before the selection of a new director. . The ever aware problems for drunk tank. fruit farmers in the Wasatch the The State Department of Soareas are the weather and Front cial Services has been awarded $66,280 for the continuation of then the frost and cost. So far an Ogden adult halfway house this year the fruit farmers have for Utah State Prison parolees, made it through the winter with probationers and inmates within relatively little damage. The prospect for a good yield on fruit six months of date of release. this year is excellent, according The present program permits to a Utah State University exresidents to work outside during the days and return to the cen- pert. ter for night supervision and Clearfield Mayor Starks said counseling. he will ask the states conthat Salt Lake County was also awarded for future programs gressional members for help in some $99,000 to fund a special- that the residents of the military ized burglary squad in county housing at Hill Air Force Base sheriffs office, which also in- are prisoners behind the high cludes theft deterrent programs steel fence which surrounds the through the marking and re- air base. The base gates are cording of personal property. Many of the smaller communities have been given monies to make the marking program a success and 'which communities have been marking the items of the resident for some. time now. The sum of $30,000 was given to the Salt Lake County Legal Defenders Association for the misdemeanor legal defender programs. Many other grants were given at the time to the counties in southern Utah, mainly for the purchase and operation of the police departments and many awards were given to help aid existing programs for the mental health units through out the state. tion of any one of the countrys chain retailing systems or mail order houses? They make available at prices consumers can pay everything from pliers to evening gowns in thousands of communities throughout the nation at a penny or two of profit on every dollar going through the till. Today, leading retailers depend upon computer centers that often look capable of putting a man on the moon and no doubt will be capable, when the business justifies it, of holding a grand opening on that barren planet. All of this exists because of the constant pressure f consumers on producers of gods and services in a competitve market pressures that mean the consumer ?cts what he wants at a price he can pay. locked up at 6 p.m. The Clearfield entrance is closed at 6, according to air base officials because of a drive to save money on defense spending. The elimination of guard at the gate saves between $5,000 and $10,000 a year. A Model Cities staff budget of about $245,000 was approved by the Model Cities Board of Commissioners. Commissioners also decided to make a final allocation of money for the projects that will be continued under the Model Cities programs. The total budget for the Model Cities program now stands at $1,425,-00After June 30 of this year the staff will be reduced from its present number to 5 persons. 0. The Economic Development Administration has approved a $423,000 grant for Weber Coune ty to help develop a industrial park on the northwest outskirts of Ogden. Weber County will match the grant for the $846,000 project, which consists of access roads, streets, water and sewer lines to these new 473-acr- facilities. The Board of Examiners deferred action on a request by the Utah Department of Highways for an exeeption to the overtime regulation on state employees. The State Highway Director requested time and a half overtime be paid to employees up to and including Grade 17. The Natural Resources Committee of the Five County Association of Governments passed a resolution at its March meeting Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! objecting to the passage by the Utah State Legislature of any land use planning legislation this season. The objection was expressed by those at the meeting. 1. That wide local variation o land and loan use is not considered in proposed legislation; 2. Action of this nature strikes directly at the Constitutional rights of the individual. |