DCWP - Employment Agencies

What is an employment service?
An employment agency assists companies find employees and jobseekers find work for a charge.

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

General Tips

Use a certified work agency. Employment agencies must have a Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) license.
Visit nyc.gov/ dcwp or call 311 to look for a license and grievance history.

IMPORTANT - Employment service can not charge you for other services like training classes or certifications.
- Are you in security training school? It must be registered with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.
- Are you in bartending school? The New York State Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision supervises bartending schools.

- An advance fee, deposit fee, registration charge, application cost, or interview fee. OR
- To refer you to another employment service or training school. OR
- For any additional items like training courses, photos, or resume review.

- Name, address, and DCWP license number of the firm
- 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 whatever from a/c repair and cosmetology to medical technician training. Some schools deceive trainees. They might:

- Get you to take out a great deal of financial assistance.
- "Guarantee" you a task after you finish.
- Lie about the value of your degree, including if your credits will transfer to another school.

Remember

- Financial assistance is typically a loan that you need to pay back. It is not a .
- Research a lot of schools.
- Don't sign up the day you check out a school.
- Get the school's tuition cancellation policy in composing.