What are private and public employment agencies? Explain the differences between the two types of agencies.

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Public employment agencies are state government agencies that work with the U.S. Employment Service (USES) to try to ensure that unemployed individuals eventually get off state aid and back on employer payrolls. To accomplish this, agencies collect information from the unemployed about their skills and experiences. Employers can register their job vacancies with their local state employment office, and the agency will attempt to find someone suitable using its computerized inventory of local unemployed individuals. The agency makes referrals to the organization at no charge, and these individuals can be interviewed or tested by the employer for potential vacancies.

Private employment agencies perform the same service as public employment agencies, but they are not operated by the state governments and are privately operated. While public employment agencies serve primarily the blue-collar labor market, private employment agencies perform much the same service for the white-collar labor market. In addition, unlike public agencies, private employment agencies charge the organization for the referrals. Another difference between private and public employment agencies is that an individual does not have to be unemployed to use a private employment agency.

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