PLAN No. 902. FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
This department employs one person. It has not existed long enough to come under the Civil Service, so work in the office may be obtained by appointment from Federal Director and confirmed by the Department of Labor. In 1918 this office filled more than 197,000 positions in the State of Washington. The salary is $130 per month.
PLAN No. 903. FEDERAL LAND OFFICE
There are four employees in this office: one registrar and one receiver, who receive their appointment by the President and are confirmed by the senate. Each has an appointment of one clerk. The department is established on the fee basis, the registrar and the receiver getting not more than $3,000 in fees per annum and not less than $500.
This department issues a circular relative to the law covering government lands. It will furnish you information about the area of the government land in various counties of the United States and will give you such information as the department has on file. To this department come matters relative to homesteads, minerals, desert claims, timber claims and oil matters. Final proof to the land you locate is made in this office. Salaries received by the clerks range from $125 to $135 per month.
PLAN No. 904. CLERKS OF THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE
This department is under the Civil Service. Seven persons are employed in the city and more than 170 men report to the office in the city of Spokane, Washington.
Civil Service
It often happens that a man who has occupied a position for years finds the work in which he is engaged is injuring his health, for example, the labor he is performing has an effect on his lungs, like marble working, or some similar trade, and he desires a change. Or perhaps he is in some service that is not suitable to him and he is unable to progress. For such a man it is well to run over the preceding list very carefully and ascertain what field of work appeals to him. He should also read carefully plan No. 217.
I have in mind at the present time a man of good legal ability, but who did not possess business-getting qualities. He was somewhat discouraged, being unable to make his profession yield him a proper income. He was urged by one of his friends to take a Civil Service Examination in one of the departments. He took the examination and after a few months, his position was available, and he has occupied it for a number of years.