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Santa Ana, Ca

Local HR Expert's New Book Tells Companies How To Staff For Long-Term Success

Santa Ana, CA - May 25, 2006 - Jim Stedt, founder and president of Hartley & Associates (a Southern California-based staffing, management, and recruitment consulting firm), has 35 years of experience that he shares with his readers in improving their company's staffing situation.

Published by Praeger Publishers, “Talent Balancing” provides an inside perspective to help CEOs, CIOs, Presidents and hiring managers discover a new approach to recruiting in today's volatile and uncertain environment.

What is Talent Balancing? The term refers to people who were hired and then placed in the wrong position within a company. Soon these employees become engrossed in office politics and don't know or care about company goals. This eventually causes a company to fail. By using “Talent Balancing,” companies will learn how to make better use of employees' talents, thereby providing leadership that encourages communication, creativity and accomplishment. This is a dynamic process that works in all industries.

The 188-page book has checklists, templates, forms, and illustrative examples to make any manager successful in the hiring process. It addresses many other issues such as how to better position existing staff, finding the right people and how to retain those important people.

The 10 chapters cover a variety of important topics that include: Basics of Successful Recruiting; Reality Management; Job Requisition; The Hiring Manager; Job Description and Salary, Resumes; The Interview; The Job Offer, and New Hires.

“Talent Balancing” is written in simple, easy-to-follow steps, making it an excellent text book for all levels of managers who are responsible for the hiring of personnel. The hardcover book retails for $34.95 and is available at Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes and Noble, and Wal-Mart.

Additional information about this book can be found at the web site: www.TalentBalancing.com.

The author is available for interviews and lectures, and can be reached at: 949-476-8656, or JStedt@HartleyAndAssociates.com.

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About Hartley & Associates (www.hartleyandassociates.com)

Hartley & Associates, located in Santa Ana, Calif., has provided professional services to the High Tech community since 1984. With a senior staff that has over 100 years of experience in high technology, Hartley & Associates can offer organizations the wisdom and direction to meet their goals and objectives. Services include interim management, organization building, recruiting, sales, marketing, advertising, Web site creation and Web marketing. Additional technical services cover management of system migration projects. Hartley & Associates can be contacted via Phone: 949.476.8656, Fax: 949.476.9225, Email: info@hartleyandassociates.com or visit their Web site at http://www.hartleyandassociates.com.

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Costa Mesa, Ca

Technical Resource Group and Hartley & Associates form Strategic Alliance

Costa Mesa, Calif. - August 16, 2002 - Technical Resource Group (TRG) today announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Hartley & Associates, a professional services firm that provides sales/marketing, staffing, and organization building to growing companies. “Continuing to offer the widest scope and broadest range of services is the reason for forming an alliance with Hartley & Associates,” stated Kevin Marshall, president of TRG. “Additionally, this strategic alliance will enhance the services available to all of TRG's customers and prospects. We look forward to a mutually beneficial long term alliance with Hartley & Associates,” continued Mr. Marshall.

Hartley & Associates has a simple yet powerful philosophy: To provide comprehensive services for small to medium and emerging companies during periods of change with a view toward long term results and achievements. “We accomplish this through the development of client relationships based on professionalism, mutual trust and respect nurtured by honest and open communications,” stated Jim Stedt, president of Hartley & Associates. “The alliance with TRG is an exciting opportunity for Hartley & Associates that will open up new markets and allows TRG experts to work together with Hartley & Associates experts for all of our customers,” said Mr. Stedt.

“Our vast experiences as entrepreneurs allows us unique insights into the challenges organizations are facing today. We know how to successfully take an organization into the next lifecycle of its growth,” added Jim Getzinger, senior vice president of Hartley & Associates. TRG and Hartley & Associates have already successfully worked together at an organization that migrated to a new custom software package and needed computer infrastructure stabilization. “We're looking for more of these joint opportunities,” continued Mr. Getzinger.

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About Hartley & Associates (www.hartleyandassociates.com)

About TRG (www.picktrg.com)

Technical Resource Group (TRG) is a professional services/consulting company that provides IT services and products to its customers that are located throughout the United States. TRG has consultants that are experts in Pick/MultiValue, UNIX/Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP and the Web. TRG is a Microsoft Certified Partner (MCP) and a reseller of Raining Data (formally Pick Systems) and IBM products. TRG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Datafaction, a leading supplier of accounting software since 1976. Datafaction is also a reseller of Raining Data and has a depth of experience in the MultiValue database market. TRG and Datafaction are part of Softline Limited, a leading global information technology group. TRG corporate headquarters are located at 660 West Baker, Suite 401, Costa Mesa, Calif., 92626.

For additional information, contact:

Jim Walery
Technical Resource Group (TRG)
660 West Baker, Suite 401
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714.708.8112
714.708.0525 (fax)
Email: jwalery@picktrg.com
http://www.picktrg.com