The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22
WORK OF u. S.
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
WITH POST OFFICES AS LO-
CAL DEPOSITORIES.
For Benefit of Employer and Elm
pl0yee-Special Department For
Women and Girls

communication describing the purpose
OF the United States Employment
Bureau
In 1913 Congress passed an act Gre
ating the Department of Labor. The
purpose of this department is set forth
In the following words of Congress-:
TO foster, promote and develop the
welfare of the wage earners of the
United States and increase their op-
portunities for profitable employ
ment.' a natural outgrowth of the
development of this new Department
has been the creation of what is now
known as the United States Employ
ment Service, which is available to
all residents Of the United States,
citizens or alien. 1t is service for
the public and is free to both employ
er and employee The Country has
been devided into Is districts or zones.
with headquarters offices in each zone
and such sub-offices as are found ad-
fVisable. The result is that there are
now 80 free employment offices op-
Grated by the Federal Government
located at the important industrial
centers of the United States. These
offices are conducted both on the mail
and personal plan, and any employer
or employee, no matter where living
can use these offices, the former to
secure help as may be needed, and the
latter to secure needed employment,
without expense to either. The post
offices were made local repositories
where the employer can secure, upon
demand, order blanks for help, and the
employee application blank for en-
ployment both of which will be trans
mitted by the Postmaster to the pro-
per headquarters office without ex-
pense.
A Distinctive Feature.
The headquarters OF Zone No. 10.
comprising Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
and Wisconsin, was established at Chi
cago, Ill This office has striven for
efficiency throughout, and as a result
has become known as one of the most
important employment offices in the
United States. 1t has the distinction
Of establishing the first public teach
ers agency, known as the Teachers
and Professional Service Division.
This Division finds competent persons
for educational work throughout the
United States in rural schools, graded
schools, high schools, colleges and
universities. The work was planned
with view of efficiency, thus effec-
lively participating in the Better
Schools" movement. A careful inves-
tigatiOn is made of all applicants, and
only those who can show satisfact-
ory record as to character, training,
and efficiency, are recommended for
reported vacancies. All school offic-
ers interested in filling their schools
with the best teachers obtainable will
find this office a valuable aid in this
direction. Private persons desiring
tutors or governesses will also find
the service unsurpassed. Blanks used
in this work can be had only from the.
Chicago office.
Where To Apply. -.
There are four offices in this Zone: -,
S45 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, H.
Federal Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Larned and Griswold street, Detroit,
Mich; Federal Building, Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich. All of these offices are
prepared to handle orders for mis-
cellaneOus help of all kinds, skilled
or unskilled. Two offices, Chicago,
ILL.,, and Indianapolis, Ind, have a
Women and Girls Division,
in charge of competent women and
q hn np
throughout the United
States, both local and national The
office at Chicago has also a separate
Division for young men and boys.
These Divisions assist young men and
women in securing employment, and
also offer vocational guidance. Per-
sons desiring to correspond with these
offices should address the u S. EN-
oloyment Service at their nearest off
ce as shown above. If you desire
% call in person the office hours are
rom A. NJ. to 4:30 p. NJ
The United States Employment Ser
yice offers its assistance to all resi-
tents of the United States. If you are
IN employer in need of help or d
worker in need Of employment, write
% your nearest office and state your
;ase fully, you will be given every
10 the end that your
needs may be supplied, and no fee
If any kind will be charged. Farmers
will find these offices Of much bene-
it in securing the farm help they may
reed, either experienced or inexper-
enced married or single