Citation

Lester D. Crisis Interv. 1970; 2(Suppl 2): 32-36.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1970, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service)

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Abstract

During the summer of 1969, it was necessary to hire a new counselor for the training program of the Erie County SPCS. In order to do this an advertisement was placed in the weekend newspapers for one weekend. It appeared in the Buffalo Evening News on Friday and Saturday (there being no Sunday edition) and in the Courier Express on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The advertisement read as follows:

Help - Male, Female
WANTED, non-professional mental health counselor trainee, good salary, fringe benefits, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service, Miss Porebski, 854-1966.

From this advertisement (and from other sources) a total of 148 applicants were obtained. The majority of these heard of the opening through the newspaper advertisement directly but the exact number is difficult to estimate accurately. Each applicant was sent an application form to complete and requested to write an autobiography. Fifty-nine applicants completed this part of the application process and, of these, 74.6% had heard of the position directly from the newspaper advertisement.

Sixty of the 148 applicants (40.5%) were male and 88 (59.5%) were female. The number of females completing the application process was slightly higher than for the males. Of the 59 applicants who completed the form 35.6% were male and 64.4% were female...

Keywords: Suicide

Language: en