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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-07-25, Page 15I, you feel the urge for a good chicken -catch corning over you, maybe Yohn Gee can assure you don't have to play alone. He's the man who helps get those gangly puppets of the education system, commonly known as students, into the job market long enough to raise the needed bread for the almighty Crossroads the weekly 'lionsw in year Libel Homier, . %lnthamAdvance- Times .cad Monet Forest Conte- *erste ie red by 2$,$ N Foe* .iq ° the ,"boortli of Midwestern Ontario. Mailed on 3.5 reader is eek ;of • 8,300° es • sh ' ovary week and The Mount The Listowel Boime d The Wingham Advance -Times r _ rest Confect rats by Wenger Bros. Limited -- rossroad d y 104.- Mari 1 4 C I °tuition fees. Asa student counsellor with the Canada Manpower Centre for Students at 125Argyle Avenue N., Listowel, Mr. Geehas seen some bizarre jobs fly in and out of his building's windows; from chicken -catchers to female truck drivers and use your imagination for the rest. Some of the jobs may not be the most glamorous around but operations such as the Listowet centre are helping students find jobs, thereby aiding #n their quest for funds and at the same time finding good, reliable workers for employers who need sutnmer- time help. The student mobility program is just one way, of n... sure t tha the ma �o ori # ��s 1 j ty otttdeu. find employment and that the Ina* r ity of available jobs ere filled. By law, the etude* Must. be 18 years of age to enter the program because he or she would be travelling out of his or her home. area or even province for work. Mr. Gee explainsthe program. or a ma catch? e `If we have a job in Listowel that e cannot fill after we have ,Cleared it to our area and to all Ontario, then w!e clear. it right cross Canada. 1 ./ If they have someone in St. ohn's, Newfoundland, for example, who is interested in the .position, CMOS phones us up • from there with recommenda- s`tf ons and explanation of the .per- ,n's education, experience and l►ackground. We then ask the r prospective employer•if he or she d!s willing to hire the student sight- .. nseen. If the answer is yes, we -institute mobility whereby the student's travel expenses are laid for by the government and, t the student is from out of the "rovince he or she would have to ,,work here for at least six weeks order to qualify for payment of .expenses in travelling' back me." • :If the studentis from Ontario, owever, be or she would have to irk at the job travelled to for tinily. four weeks before qualifying .for the all -expenses paid trip me. With the application of the mo= ility program, Mr; Gee says, "In theory, we'll have ne jobs going begging sand no students unem- ployed." . The average pay for employ - Ment obtained for students by the ,entre is around $2 per hour, the Minimum wage for students over .eighteen. On construction jobs it, -Often goes up to $2.25. • The first student, Manpower tr ,in l.,istbwe1 was, ,set up in I11 ` e t'of. s8ihe oras the lar Manpower counsellors. In 1973, the two offices were separated by a hallway's length and, in mid-April of this year, the regular -Canada Manpower Centre moved to another build- ing. The government's idea behind the placement centre is to hire students 'who will work as coun- senors to get their fellow students jobs. Mr. Gee is a graduated assis- tant working with Laura Trys- senaar, a fourth ;year University of Guelph student and Roger MacDonald, a second -year stu- dent :of Wilfrid Laurier Univer- sity, Waterloo. There is still time to snag a job in case you haven't already done so, although the bulk of the work flows freely into the hands'of the majority of the eager students in June, dwindles off in July and is - almost non-existent with the exception of bits of labor such as lawn cutting in August. Here's what you do:, fill out a registration card which will ask for such pertinent information as your job preference and when you would like to start work, what FEMALE TRUCK DRIVER -- .Beverley Ballagh, RR 1, Wroxeter, is working as a truck driver this, summer for Garry's Auto Service, Wingham, owned by Garry Double. John Gee, student counsellor at the Canada Manpower Centre for Students, Listowel, says, "Unless there bona fide occupational qualification that selects sexes for the job, then we're open. We'll send the interview." is some one of the or guys to girls your past work experience has been, your age, your height, your weight, .social insurance number and other physical characteris- tics. The card is then placed in the "live" filer and when an order comes in, "We try to match as best as possible, the student to the job and the job to the stu- dent' The older, more 'mature, more educated and experienced students, Mr. Gee informs . us, have the best chance of netting the jobs. However, there is work available through the centre for all ages of students with all types • • of experience and education, By the end of June, the centre had helped 146 fund jobs(Mt s f the approximately 400 students who; applied for this season, 11 a student finds a Jot on. ids own, he is requested to Inform the centre so that he can be taken off { the "live". file. If the student wars his name "re4activated" he has simply to call the . centre which ;will put his job bid back into circulation. 'The student manpower office officially opened on April 8 this year, after Mr. Gee started his position in mid-February and took some training programs to refaci himself ter a .bus'sow However, even with saffseitat staff, number r o appikinta and e niMikor. of joile,iit shOuld stili be nnate d the centre cannot iginaine tee jobs, ."This is very imPoirtsuit tober, butwe y have a better than awes'` ' ofa eating them with .a job." The task of finding Jobe has ups and d with ,a• A *z�11 "=mayb�e''s"'pepp ,entire sltuat%n, "C eivyb1y We could get .a ,hundred vv an e I day and .thong() for a aha with none coming in." ;lease turn to Page 4 AVON CALLING— Dorothy Morrison, RR 3, Moorefield, found work as an Avon salesgirl this summer. with the help of the Canada Manpower Centre for Students in Listowel. M an c HAVE BIKE -WILL SELL — Heather Middleton, RR 4, Listowel, is just one of about 400 students who have gone to the Canada Manpower Centre for Students in Listowel to find summer employment. She is now working as an Avon salesgirl and finds her bicycle useful in getting from door-to-door. MAKING POTTERY -- Mary Gernhaelder, RR 2, Milverton and Joanne Dodkin, Listowel, found the job of making pottery with help from the Canada Manpower Centre for Students in Listowel. John Gee, student 40 4 T counsellor et the centre, says there is still time for students to apply for jobs, although the bulk of openings were filled in June.