[1] The English Parliament rejected the proposal, but he himself opened such a business, although it was short-lived.
[2] Since the beginning of the twentieth century, every developed country has created a public employment agency as a way to combat unemployment and help people find work.
[3] In the United Kingdom the first agency began in London, through the Labour Bureau (London) Act 1902, and subsequently went nationwide, a movement prompted by the Liberal government through the Labour Exchanges Act 1909.
The present public provider of job search help is called Jobcentre Plus.
In the United States, a federal programme of employment services was rolled out in the New Deal.