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Show HAS HUSTLING LABOR BUREAU Nashville, Tenn., Post Tackles Hard Problem and Makes Most Efficient Effi-cient Showing. In accordance with the general activity ac-tivity of American Legion posts in meeting the unemployment crisis as it affects the ex-service man, Nashville, Nash-ville, Tenn., Post has tackled the situation sit-uation with a considerable degree of Argonue enthusiasm. 1 An employment bureau has been established es-tablished in charge of a Legion member, mem-ber, who devotes his full time to it. Both job applicants and employers seeking men are listed in a card in-1 in-1 ilex, according to their abilities and needs. When a man applies at the Legion headquarters for a job, he is required to fill out a blank giving the following follow-ing information: Name, address, place of birth, married or single; if he is an ex-service man, if he has rte-' rte-' pendents, special trainingNand schools attended, with the extent of the education edu-cation gained. Trade test questions are: "Can you tfpealc any foreign language ;" "Do you understand card-index system ;" "Can you operate a switchboard;" "Can you use a typewriter efficiently;" "Are you good at figures;" "Can you run an automobile or truck." Trades included in the list of job applicants for one day were electric-Ian, electric-Ian, druggist, salesman, accounting clerk, bookkeeper, daughtsman, insurance insur-ance salesman, machinist and mattress mat-tress maker. When the Job seeker has filed his application, he Is given a card to show tluit he has registered wltH the Legion Le-gion bureau. When he is sent to an employer In response to a call, he is given a card of Introduction stating . that he is sent by the L'eijloti bureau. Ills original application, together with the secretary's indorsement or estimate esti-mate of the man, is forwarded to the prospective employer. By arrangement with the negro post of the Legion, the employment bureau is able to answer calls for negro labor, la-bor, applicants for work being listed with the negro, secretary. The w'ork of the employment bureau Is supported by funds available In the Legion treasury from a post show given Inst year. Another entertainment entertain-ment will be given soon to rai.-v money for further operation of the bureau. |
