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Volume 50           May 2012 
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In this Issue
Hiring for IT
Certification vs. Experience
Are You Asking the Impossible?
Proving Their Proficiency
Managing "IT Types"
Free eBook: Overtime Pay & Regulations
Unemployment Rates
 
 Apr 12Mar 12Apr 11
VA5.4%5.7%5.8%
 5.6%*5.6%*6.2%*
*seasonally adjusted
 Apr 12Mar 12Apr 11
US7.7%8.4%8.7%
 8.1%*8.2%*9.0%*
*seasonally adjusted
Reliance in Our Communities

Reliance Staffing & Recruiting was proud to help sponsor the "Winner's Circle" in the Run for the Roses Gala and Auction benefiting Cerebral Palsy of Virginia on May 5. CEO Tom Sarach went the extra mile, making the wooden horses for the main event.

Sam Nanney, branch manager of our Chesapeake office, volunteered at the Hampton Roads Rotary Club's Putt Putt fundraiser on May 19. Proceeds are to be awarded to the Teachers of the Year at four area schools.
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Focus On: Hiring for Information Technology (IT) 
This month, we'll be looking at hiring and managing the folks who make all your technology work and stay working: information technology, hardware and software experts.

Where can you find IT specialists with proven skills, excellent work habits, character and integrity? If you live in Hampton Roads, you probably already know, but we'll tell you anyway...

  

 Keep reading...  

Certification vs. Experience
Which is better when it comes to hiring: software/hardware certification or experience?
Are You Asking the Impossible?
Learn how to make sure your IT experience requirements are in the realm of possibility.
Proving Their Proficiency
The best way to find out how well someone knows a type of software or hardware.
Managing "IT Types"
It's actually not that different from managing creative types..
Free eBook: Overtime Pay & Regulations  
"Do I need to pay my workers overtime?" This can be an especially tricky question for business owners, especially if you adjust your workforce for seasons or demand. Our free eBook, Overtime Pay & Regulations, spells out the rules for paying overtime, the differences between "exempt" and "nonexempt" and the consequences for violations of the overtime rules .

Get the eBook here

  

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