A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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THE SOCIAL SURVEY
RECRUITMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE II
N.S.80/A

School Certificate and Post S.C. Forms of Secondary Schools

(i) Interviewer......... (ii) Town......... Date.........

(iii) Region 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (viii) Name of School.........

(iv) Sex

Male Y
Female X

(v) Age

14 1
15 2
16 3
17 4
18 or more 5

(vi) Economic Group (wage rate of C.W.E.)

Up to £3. 1
Over £3. - £4. 2
Over £4. - £5. 10. 3
Over £5. 10. - £10. 4
Over £10. 5

(vii) Occupation of C.W.E.

(viii) Name of School.........

(ix) Type of School

Council 1
Foundation 2
Non-aided 3
R.C. 4

(x) From

S.C. 5
Post S.C.
(1 st year) 6
(2nd year) 7
(3rd year) 8

(xi) S.C. from only

Any Commercial training being taken?

Yes....Y No....X D.N.A....0

(xii) Post S.C. Course of Study

Arts....1 Science....2 Commercial....3 Mixed....4 D.N.A.....5

1. What job or career would you most like to go in for when you leave school?

2. What do you actually expect to go into?

Q.1 Q.2
Prompt Teaching 1 1
Civil Service (Foreign or Colonial only) 2 2
Civil Service 3 3
Clerical (not Civil Service) 4 4
Engineering 5 5
Other Professions (Specify) 6 6
Business, etc 7 7
Forces and Civil Aviation 8 8
Travelling and Overseas (not Civil Service) 9 9
Miscellaneous (Specify) 0 0
Don’t know. Haven’t decided X X

3. Would you like a job in the Civil Service if you could get one?

Yes 1
Don’t know enough about it 2
No 3
Already chosen anther career 4

(a) If code 1,2, in above

Do you know that it is necessary to take an examination to the Civil Service?

Yes 6
No 7
Don’t know enough about it 8

Does having to take an examination raise any difficulties as far as you are concerned?

Yes Y
No X
Don’t know enough about it 0
If YES, what difficulties?

(b) If Code 3in Q.3 (i.e does not want job in C.S.)

Why do you feel you would not like working in the Civil Service?.........

4. What do you consider to be the main advantages and disadvantages of the Civil Service as a career?

DO NOT PROMPT

Advantages Disadvantages
Security, safe job 1 Routine work. Dull 1
Good pay 2 Exam. Hard to get in 2
Pension 3 Promotion slow. Not on merit 3
Good hours 4 Get into rut. Too safe 4
Social standing 5 Personal restrictions 5
Prospects and Promotion 6 Too regimented 6
Holidays 7 Poor Pay 7
Other (specify) 9 Red Tape. Badly organized 8
Don’t know 0 Other (specify) 9
N.A. X Don’t know 0
N.A. X

5. In making up your mind about a career which of these considerations would you think very important, fairly important and not so important?

Very Important Fairly Important Not so Important
Prompt Pay Y X 0
Working hours 2 3 4
Holidays 6 7 8
Interest of work Y X 0
Prospects and Promotion 2 3 4
Security 6 7 8
Social side of job Y X 0

6. From what you know, in which of these respects do you think that conditions in the Civil Service are satisfactory?

Satisfactory Not satisfactory Don’t know
Prompt
Pay 2 3 4
Working hours 6 7 8
Holidays Y X 0
Interest of work 2 3 4
Prospects and Promotion 6 7 8
Security Y X 0
Social side of job 2 3 4

7. When you are choosing a job, do you think it very important to work in your home town?

Yes....1 No....0 N.A....2

IF YES

If there were well-equipped hostels in which to live, with opportunities for social

activities would you still dislike –

(a) Going to work in London Yes....4 No....5 Already lives in London Y

(b) Going to work in some other Yes....7 No....8

TO ALL

8. Do you think that the Civil Service appeals to a certain type of person?

What type?.........

9. Do you think that Civil Servants are subject to any particular restrictions as

regards their personal lives?

Yes....1 No....2 D.K. ....3

IF YES, What?.........

10. Is there any information you would like to have about the Civil Service?.........

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