News .4 TOP QUALITY WITH SERVICE SELECTION AND VALUE Immigrant Employment Picture Improves Jerusalem (JTA) . — More than half of the immigrants from the former Soviet Union who have been in Israel more than two years are working in fields they desire, according to new results from a nation- wide survey. The results counter the "unnecessarily pessimistic view of Russian employment" painted by most surveys, said Gila Noam, coordinator of ab- sorption research for the Brookdale Institute, the re- search arm of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which conducted the survey. "We see that as time pro- gresses, the olim are more and more satisfied with what they are doing," even if the jobs are not necessarily the same as the ones they had be- fore, Ms. Noam said, using the Hebrew word for immi- grants. The survey of 1,200 immi- grants, focusing on rates of employment, was done last summer, but new data from the survey, analyzing how the immigrants feel about their jobs, were released for the first time this week. LOWEST PRICES o:\ SALL Mkt_ APRIL 30th '72'72%1 r Q39:r 17 .7-7. 6 111Z119 2 1 111 01, GAS BARBECUE TUNEU AT HOME INSPECTION & SERVICE Call 348-5640 ask for barbecue service dept. Well make your BBQ brand new. NOVI SOUTHFIELD STERLING HTS. Novi Rd. at 10 Mile Southfield at 12 Mile VanDyke at 16 Mile 348 9300 557-3344 268-8222 - IEFTEMS CLUl Garden show kap ItAir HOMO CAS Monday - -Wednesday Thursday 0 Friday Saturday Sunday Friday April 2 - 6unday Mhy 2 • o R tionimp 10-6 10-9 10-6 12-5 WEST BLOOMFIELD • MICHIGAN h, 641 Lett, Roo, • North eol Maple 851-7727 JEWELRY APPRAISALS C.I=D c:=, /0.0...........1 THE DETROI At Very Reasonable Prices. Call For An Appointment Vr i tilltmee established 1919 FINE JEWELERS Lawrence M. Allan, Pres. GEM/DIAMOND SPECIALIST AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GIA IN GRADING AND EVALUATION 30400 Telegraph Road Suite 134 Bingham Farms, MI 48010 (313) 642-5575 DArLY 10-5:30 THURS. 10-7 SAT. 10-3 As* Since the survey was first publicized last year, "we have taken a closer look at the quality of employment," said Ms. Noam. "To say they're employed doesn't address job satisfaction." The first set of survey re- sults broke new ground be- cause it showed a dramatic difference in employment rates between new immi- grants and those who have been in Israel more than two years. Most surveys, by contrast, lump the immigrants into one group and get an inordinate- ly bleak picture, when in fact there is a "dramatically dif- ferent situation between vet- eran olim and more recent olim," said Ms. Noam. The new JDC data show that 39 percent of the immi- grants surveyed overall are working in desired fields. But the number climbs to 56 per- cent among immigrants who have been here more than two years. The JDC survey "is a more authentic reflection of reali- ty," said Ms. Noam. The earlier survey results found that immigrants here for more than two years showed employment patterns similar to those of veteran Is- raelis. The survey's latest results go further, however. They in- dicate only a tiny minority (15 percent) found their incomes sufficient to meet daily ex- penses. No parallel figure for veteran Israelis was avail- able. The latest data also high- light hardest-hit professions and populations. Only one-third of the im- migrant doctors (both new and those here for more than two years) have any employ- ment. Of those who are em- ployed, 40 percent are working as doctors and 16 percent are working as nurs- es or paramedics. More engineers are work- ing. Sixty percent of them are employed, 20 percent as en- gineers and 20 percent in technical fields. The group with the most employment are the skilled industrial workers. About 70 The first set of survey results broke new ground. percent are employed, and more than 50 percent of those employed are working in their fields. Meanwhile, the survey found single-parent families and those over age 55 the most vulnerable when it comes to finding work in Is- rael. The survey points to the need for overall economic growth to provide jobs for all the immigrants, said Jack Habib, a JDC representative in Israel. But it also provides the tool to help target jobs programs to the most needy sectors, he said. The JDC runs job training, retraining and mentor pro- grams for the immigrants. Mr. Habib pointed out that the vast majority of those surveyed said they would def- initely or likely repeat their decision to come to Israel and plan to remain. The findings go far to counter "a sense in the Israeli population" that "olim have come here as transients, to take advantage of the oppor- tunities and move on," he said.