Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-04
PLENTY OF JOBS OPEN
FOR WOMEN WORKERS
Demands for Help Outnumber
Applicants for Positions, Say
Employment Experts

The only unemployed women in Philadel-
phia today are those untitled to work or
those who do not desire employment, It is
stated.
This Is the belief of Miss Eugenia Gregg
Oelhaf. acting director of the women's dvi-
sion of the United States Employment Serv-
Ice for Pennsylvania. and of Mrs. Ethel
Spalding Slater. examiner in charge of the
1311-1313 Arch street employment bureau.
Far from having surplus of women
war industries" declared Mrs. Oehaf. I'VE
find we have hundreds more positions than
we can hll. While in the mems division an
intensive drive is being made TO find jobs
enough for the returning soldiers and male
war workers, are facing totally differ
ent situation.
II find" and here Mrs Oelhaf smiled a
little, that many of the girls who worked
In munitions and war Industries plants saved
so much money they plan to take vacation
now. / have been pleased and amused to
hear dozens of them say they expect to spend
their money in seeing America first The
war has given them a new idea of the great
ness of their own country, and i assure you
that historic and scenic America is going to
be kept busy during the next few months
entertaining visitors.
There has been one big thing in our favor.
The war industries have demobilzed so
gradually 1t has been easy to take care Of
the women released. We have placed some
of our expert examiners in the plants to
talk to the girls they were released and
help them obtain new positions If they de-
sired them"
'The last day of the old year." declared
Mrs. Slater. II had 1910 jobs. including
women chauffeurs. saleswomen, textile work.
ers, stenographers. confectionery workers,
and a dozen other kinds of work. and only
262 applicants for the positions. Out of these
VNKa1r nIN1.. faN rn al la
to answer requirements.
There were 23l positions open to sales
women with salary ranging from $40 up I;
l6s openings for textile workers at SIS a
week 1l7ior confectionery workers at $l2 !;
100 chances for stenographers at SIS to SIS
a week. and there were nineteen jobs open
to chauffeurs at s25 week, in addition to
the usual demands for domestics, factory and
clerical workers. In all there were twenty
nine different kinds of work.
AT this minute 1 could place almost any
number of trained women in positions Only
the unframed and the highly specialized are
uncalled for at present. By highly special
ized mean such as welfare workers. Just
now the rehabilitation of war industries has
left an unusual number of such women with
out employment. In few months. however,
] believe the demand will again be greater
than the supply even in this. So many peace
time industries recognizing the added eifi-
cheney given by welfare workers will employ
not one but several"
In every possible way the employment d.
rectors are urging women desiring work to
train themselves along certain branches. Ex-
pert examiners at the employment bureau
examine the applicants for work. tactfully
drawing from the girls enough Of their life
histories and ambitions to judge what work
they can best do. Even though girl does
apply for a position as a stenographer. II the
examiner discovers she is totally untitled
for such a place the applicant is unconsci-
ously persuaded to try something else. And
she is also urged to accept low wages at
first till she becomes efficient enough to de-
mand more. She is instilled with the desire
to make good in some one branch of work.