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THE National Advisory Councils for Juvenile Employment have issued a joint report on the organisation and development of the vocational guidance services in Great Britain (H.M. Stationery Office). The report gives the history of the national scheme for advising boys and girls on the choice of employment. The first attempt on a national basis dates from the Labour Exchanges Act of 1910, when special provision was made for young applicants. It is estimated that probably one in every four of the total number of engagements of juvenile staff is effected through the official organisations of the local committees for juvenile employment. The methods by which advice is given on industrial and kindred matters fall into two divisions collective and individual. The former includes lectures, visits to factories, display of films and slides on industrial subjects. Individual advice is given to more than a quarter of a million boys and girls, so that roughly rather more than one in three receive expert advice before entering upon initial employment.
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Vocational Guidance and Juvenile Employment. Nature 134, 601–602 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134601c0
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