Nearly 40,000 jobs were filled during 1941 by nineteen Jewish employment agencies in the United States and Canada, according to a report released by the Jewish Occupational Council today. During the year, the report reveals, about 50,000 persons applied to these Jewish agencies for jobs or guidance, and the agencies received approximately 71,000 requests for workers from employers.
The Jewish Occupational Council is the central clearing house and national coordinating agency for all Jewish economic adjustment service organizations. Its report on employment agency activities during 1941 is based on statistics forwarded each month by the nineteen agencies which operate in seventeen cities under local Jewish auspices.
The Jewish employment agencies reporting to the Jewish Occupational Council are located in Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Montreal, Newark, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Toronto. All are supported and maintained by local Jewish Welfare Funds, Federations or other community efforts.
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