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The Role of Employment Placement Services in Maintaining Poverty

This study explores the function and operations of the specialized employment placement services for the poor that emerged in the 1960s. The proposition is advanced that an important function of these agencies in serving the poor is to meet the labor needs of low-wage industries and that, in doing so, they are likely to reinforce the unfavorable occupational attributes associated with the working poor as well as their low earnings. Findings from two employment placement services in a large urban poverty area show how the employment opportunities obtained by these agencies and the actual experiences of the job applicants in them tend to support the proposition.