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-• WMIIV 16, IJI J Muiority Recruitment Webb Associates Open Placement Service Here James Webb _ _By James Cuthbertson rPost Stall Writer ' " • Equal Opportunity Employ ment practices initiated by firms and industry today have resulted in a phenomenal growth of career opportunities for Black, women, and other minorities. In addition to career oppor tunities many firms are com mitted to the belief that the Nation as a whole cannot rea lize its full measure of econo mic well being until every man and woman is permitted to work at whatever he can do best regardless-of color, reli gion or sex. And to help in the recruiting efforts, many firms assist corporations in placing indiv iduals. Webb Associates of which James R. Webb Jr. is the President is one of these. “Webb Associates is a reli able nationwide professional placement service whose spe ciality is the placement of women, blacks and other min orities. * we are proud ot our total service concept of individual screening, placement follow up and counseling at no addi tional cost to clients. For new employers we assist compan ies in providing resources, and eliminating normal relocation problems. “Our services also include the creation and implementa tion of affirmative action pro grams in accordance with federal guide lines and college recruiting.” Webb places professionals, primarily students with de grees with the 500 top corpora tions in the nation and over seas. _ The applicants pay nothing. His fees are paid by the cor porations seeking individuals. This is one of the most satisfying types of work . It’s an extension of my ministry training. I have gotten some young blacks in positions that normally they wbuldn’t have __ gotten into, said Webb who holds a masters of Divinity degree from Johnson C. Cmith and formally was the pastor of churches in Ronceverte and Fayetteville, West Virginia. Webb has been in operation for three weeks in his East Independence Plaza Building office in Suite 330. Previously, he operated out of Boston, Massachussetts for three and one-half years. He came to Charlotte to be near his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James 31 Charlotte Students Make Honor Roll Thirty-one Charlotteans made the Honor Roll at Win ston-Salem State University for the 1975 Spring Semester. Dean Parker, Academic Dean at the School released the list of honored students Tuesday. They are William M. Ar drey. Ollie Ballard, Mitzi A. Bellamy, Marion Belton, Kathryn C. Bobo, Elise A. Donald, Joanne Gleen, Mar sha M. Graddy, Jerry Harris, Yvonne Harris, Donald R. Henderson, Cornell P. Hill, Charlton Houston, Gewndolyn D. Kendrick and Joyce A. Leak. Also included were Robert J. Lotharp, Gail Y. McGill, Donna C. McMoore, Grace A. Morris, Johnnie M Murray, Sammie D. Perry, James D. Rainer, Gaylord T. Richard son, Gloria J. Ross, Verdell H. Sanders, Martha Stitt, Mich ael B. Thomas, Jeryl D. Todd. Robert L. Weeks, Deborah G. Wclborn and Minnie R. Wil liams. i-=■.= _-. JAMES R. WEBB JR. ...An outstanding young man weDD sr. “When we place somebody, we try to get a sponsor for him in the job to make it as com fortable for him as possible. Otherwise, he would be win dowdressing just like,the spook who sat by the door. They will draw fabulous salar ies but in a few years they will not have advanced. We put them in a tract so they can move," he explained. “We are one of the best personnel consultants in the country, continued Webb, who resides at 4939-7 Central Ave„ in the Glen Hollow section of the city with his wife, Majorie. Webb, a native Charlottean has come a long way since his graduation from West Char lotte High in 1941. The school was located in the present Northwest Junior High School building then, he said. His background includes serving as a paratrooper chaplain, being discharged with the rank of captain. He also served with the U.S. State Department (A.I.D.) in South Vietnam. His personnel exper iences include college recruit ment and exempt hiring for the First National Bank of Boston, and Staffing Admini strator for the Polaroid Cor poration, Cambridge, Massachussetts. In addition to JCSU, he at tended the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. Webb offer some advice to young Blacks seeking jobs. Don’t go in the personnel offi cials office with all that shuck ing and jiving because they don’t want to hear it," he said. "Leave all those ’right ons’ at home." "If we can’t lead our people into the economic main stream, while living in this captialistic society, we are lost.” What kind of jobs are in demand? If you are willing to relocate you can find almost any job, said Webb. Although he has been in the city only two months, Webb has already accepted plans to preach in the city’s churches and he is going to get active in Omega Psi Phi Graduate Chapter. _ _x m Rev. Howard J. Campbell - A Black Household Word j By James Cuthbertson Post Staff Writer The name Howard J. Camp bell has become a household word in the city of Charlotte because of his acttvities as President of the Northwest Community Action Associa tion (NWCAA) However, he doesn't consid er himself a leader. "1 am just a person involved with making Charlotte a better place to live," he stated Monday. What does the Northwest Community Action Associa tion do? "We are concerned with in forming people in the neigh borhoods of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County about the plans government agen cies might have affecting them,” he answered, explain ing, “We want to make sure that the neighborhoods get all the services entitled to them. The NWCAA said Campbell is composed of representa tives from the Hoskins, Uni versity Park, Druid Hills, Tryon Hills, Lincoln Heights, Biddleville, and Oaklawn neighborhoods. vaui^ucii ii*vo in me Iiuuuie of the area of the NWCAA. Recently Campbell's organi zation sponsored "The Meet ing of the Minds" meeting at the library downtown. In the May 29th meeting, Campbell said, “I feel it was successful in that it did what we hoped it would. The pur pose was to gather organiza tion leaders, public elected officials, and appointed offi cials together to rap and dis cuss and put issues in focus.” "We also wanted the people to know who their Black lead ers were and how to contact them when they needed them. "A case in point. For exam ple there was an article in one of the daily papers of govern mental appointments open. It was located on the financial page. Who is going to look on this page? “When those positions be come open, we the civic community groups- mus ready to recommend some one.” • One of the NWCAA’s major victories in its two years of organization has been the de feat of the LaSalle Street Ex tension phase of the City’s Comprehensive Traffic Street Improvement Program. This is how the organization was started said Campbell. “On that street there are Rev. Howard J. Campbell ...An involved person live or six schools and 600 school kids would be walking along this roadway," said Campbell. "We felt the widen ing would bring about an increase in noise and pollution and disrupt such neighbor hoods as University Park where many elderly people I live.’.' To initiate change. Camp bell.said it is necessary to organize and take a viable force to City Hall .—“You must be constant in your approach and your 'ap proach must be based on fact ual information devised from research. Campbell is also active in the local Democratic Party where he serves as secretary. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and grad uated from North Carolina Central University with a B.S. in Biology, and Johnson C. Smith University with a divin ity degree. The pastor of St. Paul Bap tist Church in Gastonia has a wife named Thereasa, and a daughter named Sherrill who is a senior at Charlotte Catho lic High School. The Second Ward High School graduate is special physical education teacher for those students with learning disabilities at University Park and thoroughly enjoys his work. editor s Note - This is the hird in a series of Charlotte 5ost features on people who ire dedicated to the progress if the Black commmuty. l-innfMi—i r r f r r r r i i Remeber! 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