DCWP – Employment Agencies

What is a work company?
A work agency assists companies discover workers and jobseekers discover work for a charge.

Get free assistance.
The City provides totally free help for jobseekers. Visit nyc.gov/ workforce1 or call 311 and ask to discover a Workforce1 Career Center.

General Tips

Use a licensed work firm. Employment service must have a Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) license.
Visit nyc.gov/ dcwp or call 311 to check for a license and grievance history.

IMPORTANT firms can not charge you for other services like training classes or certifications.
– Are you in security training school? It needs to be signed up with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.
– Are you in bartending school? The New York City State Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision manages bartending schools.

– An advance fee, deposit cost, registration fee, application fee, or interview cost. OR
– To refer you to another work company or training school. OR
– For any extra products like training courses, photographs, or resume evaluation.

– Name, address, and DCWP license variety of the firm
– Type of work
– Price
– Fee payment schedule

– Age
– Race
– Creed
– Religion
– Color
– National origin
– Gender
– Disability
– Marital status
– Partnership status
– Caregiver status
– Sexual orientation
– Alienage or citizenship status

Beware of …

Predatory Schools
There are numerous for-profit schools in NYC. Courses consist of everything from cooling repair and cosmetology to medical service technician training. Some schools misinform students. They might:

– Get you to secure a great deal of financial assistance.
– “Guarantee” you a job after you graduate.
– Lie about the value of your degree, consisting of if your credits will move to another school.

Remember

– Financial assistance is normally a loan that you need to pay back. It is not a scholarship.
– Research a great deal of schools.
– Don’t register the day you visit a school.
– Get the school’s tuition cancellation policy in writing.