Engineering societies employment service. The new “cooperative plan”

Abstract

While it has been generally recognized that the Employment Service, conducted as a joint activity of the four national societies of Civil, Mining, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers constitutes one of the most valuable activities of these societies and is far more efficient in its present status than when handled as an independent service by each society, the maintenance expense to the societies has been heavy. Also the scope of the service and its value to the individual member and the employer very evidently falls short of what might be possible under a more comprehensive plan of operation were larger funds available. A joint committee to study the service was appointed in November 1922, consisting of two representatives from each of the four societies as follows: American Society of Civil Engineers, J. P. Perry, E. S. Nethercut; American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers, F. T. Rubidge, J. V. W. Reynders; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Prof. J. W. Roe, E. W. Swartwout; American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Prof. W. I. Slichter, H. C. Carpenter.