Out of Work: A Study of Employment Agencies; Their Treatment of the Unemployed, and Their Influence Upon Homes and Business (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Frances A. Kellor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331691167 ISBN 13: 9780331691160

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Out of Work: A Study of Employment Agencies; Their Treatment of the Unemployed, and Their Influence Upon Homes and Business

The investigation Of employment agencies was first suggested in 1901, when the author was con ducting a study Of the women in the workhouse on Blackwell's Island. Their experiences with some agencies, and through answering advertisements for help, indicated that abuses were common, and that there was a real need for further knowledge. In the summer of 1902, this investigation was planned as a special piece of research work in connection with the New York Summer School Of Philanthropy, but was extended to the cities of Boston, Philav1.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0331691167
• ISBN 13: 9780331691160
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 306