Agencies answer
Sir : May I beg space of you to answer two criticisms of secretarial agencies made by Skinflint (9 January).
Before accepting his suggestion that the agency he mentioned was trying to 'disaffect a girl over whom they had some influence' I should want to be in possession of very many more facts, not the least of which would be how an agency could achieve such influence. It seems to me perfectly natural when speaking on another subject to someone one has placed in employ- ment, to inquire whether that person likes the job. Job satis- faction is probably the most limportant element in achieving stability in employment.
If agencies advertise non-existent jobs, as Skinflint alleges, they stand a very real chance of losing their employment agency licence. No further legislation is needed to deal with this problem and I can assure your readers that licensing authorities take care to check that agency advertisements are not fictitious.
D. J. Copper Employment Agents Federation, 133-135 Oxford Street, London wl
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