Unfair employment practices as viewed by private employment counselors

Abstract

A sample of 201 private employment agency counselors in the Chicago area was requested by mail to cooperate in a study of unfair employment practices (22% cooperated). Conclusions drawn from the replies include: The ethnic group which bears the severest brunt of job discrimination is the Negro; 84% of the counselors report extreme difficulty in their placement "even if qualified." The second cluster of ethnic groups in order of job discrimination experience includes the Mexicans and Orientals. Religious discrimination is directed largely against the Jews. Discrimination is reported as specifically apparent in at least one-third of the job orders received by the private agency counselors. A majority of counselors responding believe unfair employment practices to be deliberate company policy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)