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With so many career positions requiring specialised skills, knowledge and experience, using a recruitment agency to find just the right applicants and future employees can be a great value for the money spent. Businesses save on labour costs by outsourcing initial recruitment tasks rather than leaving the job solely up to the human resources department or hiring managers at their company. Recruiters collect valuable information regarding the position to be filled, such as the education, skills, knowledge, experience, location and availability of potential candidates, evaluate those candidates according to a secondary set of internal criteria, and even conduct the initial round of interviewing. Pricing and payment for using recruiting agencies can vary, and a very considerable choice for businesses to make is as to whether they will hire a fixed-priced service provider, or one that only receives payment when candidates are hired.

The IRS has released details about the registered tax return preparer exam. Availability of online scheduling for the exam is expected soon. Testing will occur at centers provided by Prometric, a third party administrator of professional examinations.

Tax preparers are required to pass the competency exam in order to use the designation of Registered Tax Return Preparer. The IRS goal is assurance of basic preparer competency in meeting ethical responsibilities for tax reporting. According to the IRS, the RTRP exam 2011 relies upon 2010 tax forms and publications....