Show I 1 I I I I i I I I I I I I I Your Public I Employment Service By DONALD BEALL DEALL The services of the State Employment I Service to employers are many Primarily Primarily Primar Primar- ily the Employment Service offers the employer the largest single source of manpower available In the community i Employed workers seeking other Jobs are Included Each worker Is classified according according ac ae ac- ac I cording to the Jobs be he can perform The Employment Service through Its years atI of at I experience has established methods of translating the skills experience and aptitudes of workers to simplified and standard ace occupational u pat I n a 1 terms The Dictionary of at Occupational Titles I with over Job titles and 1 I I definitions has been developed for tor such t classification purposes I I I i When the employer contacts the local i public employment office to place an order for tor workers his his requirements are 1 I also translated Into standard terms and I j I I classified d according to the Dictionary I I lot of Occupational Titles Then his needs needs needs' I are carefully matched with the available I workers classified similarly Workers 1 matching the employers employers' Job performance perform perform- ance ante requirements are selected and sent to him hlIn for tor his consideration The actual hiring of ot workers Is entirely at the dis- dis I of the employer The local office oICe office I does not substitute for far the employment I activities of his personnel department I I rather It works with the employers employer's personnel personnel personnel per per- depa departure department assisting In every way possible way J In order o der to save time and money of ot the employer and the worker the public pubU I employment service provides a testing service and an occupational analysis I service These services help to define Job requirements more sharply and toI to toI test and measure the workers worker's aptitudes es and experience thus experience thus aiding the employer em em- plover In selecting the best est qualified available persons for tor his particular Job I openings Where essential to providing effective placement service to the employer the I local office provides him with tl n about occupations employment working conditions prevailing wages hours etc Such Information provides the employer with a ti factual tactual basis for tor planning his bis manpower requirements and related activities with which the local office can assist him As a part of Its employer relations I program the local employment office representative contacts employers In the community regularly by personal visit or telephone or m mall ll to Inform him of ot available local office services and to solicit the listing of ot Job openings with the local office The Employment Service Service Ser Ser- vice familiarizes Itself with the employment employ employ- ment went needs and staffing problems of ot the employers In order to help In their solution A labor market news letter describing labor market conditions in Jn inthe inthe the community Is 18 mailed to employers periodically by a number of at local offices T The e local office may also on occasion acquaint employers with a variety of methods for tor achieving better utilization of ot available workers Including the possibility possibility pos pos- where appropriate of providing the Job training Frequently there are orders to be tilled billed which cannot be met through the local labor supply The employer then has athis at his disposal the wide nation-wide clearance I I I I i L I I system which aids him in recruiting qualified and available labor from other communities The Employment Service conducts ex extensive ex- ex Job analysis and test development development develop develop- i ment studies for tor occupations in a variety var var- I Ii Y of industries While the results of Such Such studies serve primarily as aids In the improved selection and placement ot of workers they also have value to employers employers em em- who are are Interested rested ll in reducing costly turnover and absenteeism Employed Em Em- ploy rs have found that test-selected test workers learn faster taster on the Job achieve more quickly a high productivity level are satisfied with the kinds of work they do and hence are less tempted either to stay away from their Jobs or to shUt shift rapidly from one Job to another I All of these free tree services are aimed atone at atone lone one objective the objective the finding of ot the best qualified available workers for tor Job openIngs open open- Ings lags with a minimum expenditure of ot time effort and money For more complete complete complete com com- Information about the services available to the employer through the public employment service consult the local office |