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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated January 25, 1962 partially reads, "If you have to be a hot candidate in somebody's book, it might just as well be Jerry Field's because he's the manager of the Professional and Scientific Placement Service at the Van Nuys office of the State Employment Service... pioneered in Van Nuys in 1958 when the employment service and an advisory committee from Valley industries decided that highly educated and skilled men and women should have procedures especially tailored to their needs and those of industries seeking such people. 'PSPS started because of the rise of industry itself. As the Valley moved from aircraft to missiles to space a need arose to recruit scarce people. There is still a shortage, but we speed up the recruiting process as a clearing house,' said Field." Pictured is Jerry Field interviewing a job candidate.
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California.--State Department of Employment.--Professional and Scientific Placement Section California.--State Department of Employment--Officials and employees Employment agencies--California--Los Angeles Employment interviewing--California--Los Angeles State governments--Officials and employees Men--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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