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What is an employment service? An employment company helps employers discover staff members and jobseekers discover work for a fee.
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Get totally free assistance. The City uses complimentary aid for jobseekers. Visit nyc.gov/ workforce1 or call 311 and ask to find a Workforce1 Career Center.

General Tips

Use a certified employment service. Employment service need to have a Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) license. Visit nyc.gov/ dcwp or call 311 to check for a license and complaint history.

IMPORTANT - Employment agencies can not charge you for other services like training classes or certifications.

• Are you in security training school? It should be signed up with the New york city State Division of Criminal Justice Services.
• Are you in bartending school? The New York City State Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision supervises bartending schools.
  
  - An advance cost, deposit cost, registration cost, application cost, or interview cost. OR
• To refer you to another work agency or training school. OR
• For any additional products like training courses, photos, or resume review.
  
  - Name, address, and DCWP license variety of the company
• Kind of work
• Price
• Fee payment schedule
  
  - Age
• Race
• Creed
• Religion
• Color
• National origin
• Gender
• Disability
• Marital status
• Partnership status
• Caregiver status
• Sexual preference
• Alienage or citizenship status
  
  Beware of ...
  
  Predatory Schools There are numerous for-profit schools in NYC. Courses include everything from cooling repair and cosmetology to medical service technician training. Some schools misguide students. They might:
  
  - Get you to get a great deal of financial assistance.
• "Guarantee" you a job after you finish.
• Lie about the value of your degree, including if your credits will move to another school.
  
  Remember
  
  - Financial is typically a loan that you need to pay back. It is not a scholarship.
• Research a great deal of schools.
• Don't sign up the day you check out a school.
• Get the school's tuition cancellation policy in writing.