The department is authorized to establish such subdivisions of the bureau of employment as he may deem advisable for the following purposes:
To bring together employers seeking employees and working people seeking employment;
To supply information as to opportunities for securing employment in this state and the character of the work to be performed;
To supply such information as may enable persons to secure industrial and agricultural training and employment;
To investigate the extent and causes of unemployment in the state and as far as possible suggest remedies therefor;
To adopt the most efficient means to avoid unemployment;
To provide employment and to prevent distress from involuntary idleness;
To keep a record of all labor disturbances and strikes.