The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

I PAGE 6, WEDNESDÂY MAY 5, 1982, WHITBY FREE PRESSPROGgESS EDITION. If it had not been, for. that country'spolitical instabllity, this Whltby company Ilwould bave had the lion's share of Oanadian exports to Iran ln 1979. According to Richard T. Andrews, president of Andrews Manufactur- ing, bis firm bad signed a $5000 deal wýitb, that country just prior to the American hostage' crisis. Because of the ensu- ing international ten- sion, the deal slmply did not màaterialize. Andrews pointed out ___ - -(Port-,Whitby) Manufacture steel, blades for-the,.snow'plows that cilear Whitby's streets, and Ontarî.ioy's high- ways.Our ,products*ai Canada's, countrY roads. re al so'used.to. g rad ,e We are 'proud .to, be'a part of Whîtby's ýdynamic industrial community.ý, THE EMPLOYMENT CENTRE Permanent and Consulting Services 1 a NWI OWE.RRNC- E- IN TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT' SERVICES Experience has taught us there is a better way to fill your temporary & permanent help needs ln the où lce,,Industrial, technical, computer and marketing fields. FOR PERMANENT AND TEIMPORARY HELP TELEPHONE 5179-2911 O NEVER y HAS NEW, BEEN SQ e EXPERIENCED ALBERT HOUSE. 65 ALBERT ST.. OSHAWA. ONT. L 1H 4R1 that while a $5000 deal m ay seéem relative- ly small compared to manly transactions that make news 'headlines, Canada only exports about $1 million or so worth of products and services to Iran. There- fore, bis deal would bave represented,50 per cent 0f, one year's ex- port. Now, that' the reader knows this,, perbaps Uiey should be told who- and what ' Andrews Mariufacturing is. The firmn is located on Harbor Street' in Port Whitby and according to its owner it is> the "lgreatest grade blade manufacturer" around. The, company wa s originaily started'up in 1964 under tbe name of McCormack Blades and was 'subsequently bouglit out by American interests five years later.,» And rews took over ;'the, company in 1<9l9 'and renamedit An- drews Manufacturing. The' firm manufac- Great progess for Andrews'.,,blades tures isnow plough blad- es and road grader blades for the Ontario Mlnlstry of 'Tra nsporta- ti on and Communica- tions and mnany of the province's municipali- ties. It also supplies ground rods for Ontario Hyd«o and most of. the survey stakes used by land surveyors in tis. province. 1Andrews said that since be took the firm over, he bas had to put it back- into a competitive position 'because -the Amnerican intereststhat had ownedthe flrmn ha d "abdicated" it. "I've .re-established' our place in the market- place," lie says after taking great strides, to Imake the firin efficient again. Prior to taking over the company,, Andrews was the sales manager ,of, the Lake Ontario Steel CompanyLimited (LASCO) where he was employed for 12 years. In fact, lie credits that firm for ,mucli of his success. "LASCO is my major supplier of raw material," he says., "LASCO is my greatest supporter. If it wasn't for ifhem, I ,wouldn'It be Ernpoyment Centre. Pictured in front of their Albert Street office are -(left to right>: Elaine Ml-nacs president; Maria Smith; and, Pat Volpe. It seems that in every edition of every news- paper and in every tele- vision or radio news- cast, the problems of unemployment are ad- dressed. Well, thereis one f irm in Durbam Region that specializes in finding employment for people and finding the right people for companies. The Employment Centre at 65 Albert Street in Oshawa and its sister firm, the Regional Em'ployment Céntre Limited, are the only known lieensed com- panies, of tbeir type in the region. 1Elaine Minacs, tbe owner and president of tbe firm, says tbat they bandie a wide variety of recruiting needs and at- tributes their success to her staff: Pat Volpe; Maria Smitb, Nancy Diamond, Shiela Torok and Neil Gibbs. «I must admit, we al like tbe work," Minacs says, "and enjoy- deal- ing witb people, which makes it ail the more rewarding."'yý. The businesswoman says that wbile bers is the only lieensed perma- nent placement and con- sulting service in the région, the company had to unÙidertake an: "educational process until companies recog- nized the-benefits and professionalism of using aoencies.99 The firm's permanent placement "officer is Nancy Diamond, a 10- year veteran ofth field. She bias 'also worked as a-job analyst, a salary administrator and a training and development officer in Ottawa, Montreal and Oshawa. "Often the personnel handling the hiring within a company bave several hats to wear," Diamond says, "and do not bave the time, skills or facilities to conduct effective testing and/or interviews." "ITbere are a number of qualified candidates available in this area to f111 jobs," she says'add- ing, "'There'are often people wbo woi'k in Toronto but have tired of the daily commuting and would like to work in this community. " The Employxnent Centre is also capable of starting Up recruitment programs for new com- panies coming into the area. "This was implement- ed just recently for a major. new employer moving into the Wbitby area - American Can Canada Inc.," she says. "We co-ordinated a pro- gram of theirprefpi- nary hiring that in- cluded advertising, general application handling, screening, in- terviews, professional consultations and follow-up mail to inform the candidate the status of their application." Minacs claimed tbat the program "worked excellently and to everyone's satisfac- tion." Minacs also heads the Regional Employment Centreé Limited which offers à temporary help service and caters to tbe placement -of .clerical workers, secretaries, data processors and others. Temporary place- ments are bandled by Pat Volpe, Maria Smith and Neil Gibbs. 1"We guarantee a stan- dard,"1 Minacs says, "«Therefore, we bave a skill measuring test tbat is administered to our temporary people that have come through an- accredited program .", The company's tem- porary people can han- dle a variety of work assignments and office enviromnents. ln business.' Thpe nmpniny om ploys eight peple year- round althougb that figure jumps to 16 during the busy winter. season. In fact, the weather is a key part of Andrews Manufactur- ing's business. "We're 'more depen, dent on the elements than the state. of the economy,PP-Andrews says pointing out that if it snows, the streets atml bave tobe cleared. That means blades are needed for the snow plougbs. And the future, looks good for Andrews Manu- filcturing. "We're taking this company from a losing situation to a winning situation and for us, the future' is very brightt," ie says. "We're very optimis- tic about the future."1 When winter'comes again and the Town of Whitby is out Iclearing the streets of ail that snow, it is possible that the blade on the front of that -truck came right. here from Whitby and Andrews Manufactur- ing. .' L-