The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

weekly Denelt amount PAYABLE is
determined by the total wages earn
ed by employment with a covered
employer. The maximum weekly
benefit is SIS, and no person NAV
draw over 16 times his determined
weekly benefit amount during the
BENEFIT year established for him.
20,324 Checks
In the four counties served by
the Wilmington office, 20,324 checks
were distributed during the past
year and represented $3.50, 041. AZ. OF
these, 1904 checks representing
S95,479.73 were handled by the white
office and 1880 checks representing
$34,561.70 We're handled by the color
ed divisional office.
During the year 1850 original
claims were accepted, 2,61S in the
white office and 1881 in the colored
office. In the four counties, 2S3 en-
ployers were covered by the com
pensation act, II in Brunswick, Is
in Fender, 50 in Columbus, and 202
in New Hanover.
The chief work of the employ
ment service is placing job seekers
in jobs. It's aim is to fit the appli-
cant into a job for which he is
qualified and equipped. The NOSES,
as enormously believed in some
quarters, does not operate or super
wise any project of its own, but
acts as an Intermediary between
employers presenting job openings
and applicants seeking compatible
work.
Its primary function is to reduce
the waste Of time, effort, and money
in bringing these two together. By
means of it's records of available
persons, the service is in a good
position to largely eliminate unor-
ganized job hunting on the one
hand and worker searching on the
other.
The files include records of per
sons who have voluntarily register
ed and those who have filed claims
for unemployment compensation ben-
efits, thus making available to en-
ployers numerous capable people,
representing a wide range of occu-
national classifications, many OF
whom are unemployed because OF
circumstances beyond their control
Detailed work history is secured
from each worker, with all data de-
signed to determine three general
questions, what can he do, how well
can he do it, and who will he do
it? The first program, thai OF STUDY
ing characteristics possessed pS
workers which make for success I'D
VARYING types of occupations, VII
make use of optional aptitude taste
prepared by the analysis section OF
the bureau of employment security.
AS more tests for jobs OF every
type are developed and STANDARDIZED
thew are passed over to local offices
to be used as tools in
occupational counseling and Voca'
tional guidance.
The Wilmington office now serves
New Hanover, Columbus bruins
wick. and Pender counties. Inc COL
ored divisional office in wilmington
cares for colored persons IN tle
same territory. The adjoining u
ties are taken care of by regularly
scheduled itinerant service.
Another program concerns 'ne
trades and professions, h skill u
applicants, and such factors as de'
pendability, sobriety, and attltuue
in addition to appearance and phys
ica1 fitness as related to the a
Trends Studied
A study of industrial trends ano
occupational changes is conslaiIliS
being made in the effort to pfoauei
the value of vocational ~couIselihs
Records over a. recent period 1nd'cate
that many young and older mel
were led bv intensive advertising "
taking courses in air conoilloii ms.
diesel engines, and other wolh' oo'
that most of the available 1889 ope"
ines were filled with those VINO were
better equipped by experience -
similar type work. .
r. hos also been established that
s+enoeraphers who acquire a p
oia1ized vocabulary in law, chemls'
wv md medicine fare better thai
those who have knowledge of only
ro,,tine stenography. Girls learning
the operation of business "achin
have a. decided advantage over the
eeneral clerical type.
The past four years nave Deer
marked by an increase in employ
ar demands for a high standard OF
emnlovee qualifications. The trend
~ ernlovment has been in the di
lotion of a scarcity of highly
qualified employees.
Increased opportunities r due
70 HI development of new indus
u;es and the demand for higher en-
Move qualifications may be attri-
h,,ted to the following:
first, the improvement of per
sonnel management in North Car
olina industries; second, the wage
~ hour legislation which has
a,ade if necessary for an employers
~-,oduction to be measured on t. h {
rosis of an hourly wage rather than
niace rate: and third, the employ