ABSTRACT

One of the disastrous results for the working class of the international concentration and centralisation of finance capital is growing unemployment due to mergers and closures of industries. Some of the redundant employees who are finding themselves on the streets quite unexpectedly should take this opportunity of taking stock of themselves and deciding where their interests lie. One area where the 'employment business' is booming is the area which provides secretarial and typing jobs - the employment agencies. The bosses of the agencies attribute their £4 million profit in 1970 to their sheer professionalism in finding the right job for the right person and to the congenial surroundings and convenient siting of their branches. A large number of school-leavers are now becoming acquainted with employment exchanges, gaining first-hand experience of unemployment before they have had the opportunity of working - straight from school to unemployment.