Since the Enlightenment large synagogues have often adopted the practice of hiring rabbis and hazzans to act as shatz and baal kriyah, and this is still typically the case in many Conservative and Reform congregations.

In such cases, qualification by the professional bodies is effectively still considered a prerequisite to practice as most employers and clients stipulate that the individual hold such qualifications before hiring their services.

A presbytery is required to elect a Moderator and a Clerk, but the practice of hiring staff is optional.

In practice, Oxford's Warehouse-Keeper dealt with sales, accounting, and the hiring and firing of print shop staff.

The order followed an unusual series of events set off when a U. S. Army veteran, Brian X. Scott, filed a protest against the government practice of hiring what he calls mercenaries, according to sources familiar with the matter.

:: Example: Unfortunately, hiring undocumented laborers is a widespread industry practice.

Although it was a fairly widespread practice at the time to rent out troops to other princes, it was the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel who became infamous for hiring out contingents of their army as mercenaries during the 17th and 18th centuries.

While the hiring of mercenaries is a common practice in the history of armed conflict, it is prohibited in the modern age by the United Nations Mercenary Convention, which is why PMC's make a specific differentiation between their commercial activities and the connotations surrounding the word “ mercenary ”.

To wit, the political practice of hiring foreign mercenaries did not end, even in contemporary Italy.

Although it is seldom applied in practice, this exclusivity clause is redeemable ( often by the hiring firm ).

Since the company was truly boot-strapped ( i. e. no external venture capital ), the founders did not make a practice of hiring experienced veterans, and most of the team at Ashton-Tate were young and enthusiastic but inexperienced.

The old civil service hiring quota of 4 Malays for every non-Malay was effectively disregarded in practice ; between 1969 and 1973, 98 % of all new government employees were Malay.

In practice however, wealthy companies seeking to access natural resources semi-fraudulently circumvented the law by hiring individuals to purchase 160 acre ( 0. 6 km² ) lots which were then deeded to the company after a nominal compliance with the law.

In 2009, TransUnion representatives testified before the Connecticut legislature about their practice of marketing credit score reports to employers for use in the hiring process.

In the 1960s, Hastings began the " 65 Club ," the practice of hiring faculty who had been forced into mandatory retirement at age 65 from Ivy League and other elite institutions.

Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the products or services are actually developed or manufactured.

The practice essentially consisted of denying the hiring of persons not affiliated with the Republican Party by conducting inquiries into past Republican Party affiliation and possible future pledges of loyalty.

Featherbedding is the practice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job, or to adopt work procedures which appear pointless, complex and time-consuming merely to employ additional workers.

Bower broke with then-common industry practice by hiring recent graduates from the best business schools rather than among experienced managers.

During Bellows ' years the series also developed a series of investigative reports about Hollywood's drug use and hiring practices ; but during the 1996 – 97 season ET began to include more sensational fare, featuring paid exclusive interviews with controversial and infamous newsmakers of the day, including disgraced Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, who became notorious for her role in the conspiracy to physically attack rival Nancy Kerrigan at a 1994 U. S. Figure Skating Championships practice session ; Amy Fisher, who appeared with Joey and Mary Jo Buttafuoco, reunited after Fisher's infamous assault on Mrs. Buttafuoco ; convicted child molester Mary Kay Letourneau, who married Vili Fualaau ; and attorney Howard K. Stern, from the Anna Nicole Smith paternity controversy.

In the second half of the century, these structures began to be supplemented by the practice of states hiring alongside companies individual men-at-arms, who were then grouped under a commander appointed by the state.

The practice of law firms hiring " in-house " trial consultants is becoming more popular, but these consultants usually can also be used by the firms as practicing attorneys.

In some professional branches such lateral hiring was traditionally frowned upon, but the practice has become increasingly more common.

In the years since Griggs, courts have defined " business necessity " as requiring the employer to prove that whatever is causing the racial disparity — be it a test, an educational requirement, or another hiring practice — has a demonstrable factual relationship to making the company more profitable.

Even within current operatic practice, contraltos are often classed as mezzo-sopranos, because singers in each range can cover for those in the other.

By the 13th century different singers were used for different characters in the narrative, a practice which became fairly universal by the 15th century, when polyphonic settings of the turba passages began to appear also.

In ancient Greece, athletes, singers and other public performers infibulated themselves by using a clasp or string to close the foreskin and draw the penis over to one side, in a practice known as kynodesmē ( literally " dog tie ").

In current operatic practice, female singers with very low tessituras are often included among mezzo-sopranos, because singers in both ranges are able to cover the other, and true operatic contraltos are very rare.

In music, boys ' voices, before they ' break ' being of a soprano register ( specifically known as treble ) unlike adult men ( in a choir usually tenor and bass ), have been most sought-after, especially where female voices were considered inappropriate as often in church and certain theatrical music-this even led to the practice of physically trying to prevent their ' angelical ' voices ever to break by surgically cutting short the hormonal drive to manhood: for centuries, castrato singers, who coupled adult strength and experience with a treble register, starred in contratenor parts, mainly in operatic styles.

With the introduction of multi-track recording, it became possible to record instruments and singers separately and at different times on different tracks on tape, although it was not until the 1970s that the large recording companies began to adopt this practice widely, and throughout the 1960s many " pop " classics were still recorded live in a single take.

Witmark originated the practice of giving free " professional copies " of their new music to famous and established singers and bands, which proved so successful an advertising method that it was copied by the rest of the music publishers.

Various bands and music groups that practice extra-curricularly are also supported by the college, including a wind ensemble, concert band, stage band, string ensemble, jazz ensemble, and singers.

Some of his sacred music uses instruments ( a practice which is not uncommon in Spanish sacred music of the 16th century ), and he also wrote polychoral works for more than one spatially separated group of singers, in the style of the composers of the Venetian school who were working at St. Mark's in Venice.

Beginning with Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck drastically cut back on the possibilities for vocal virtuosity afforded to singers, abolished secco recitative ( thereby heavily reducing the delineation between aria and recitative ), and took great care to unify drama, dance, music, and theatrical practice in the synthesis of Italian and French traditions.

Doo Wop singers would work a cappella without backing instruments, and practice in hallways of their schools, apartment buildings, or alleys to achieve echo effects on their voices, and lyrics were generally innocent youthful observations on the upsides of teen love and romance.

Today it is a common practice for Georgian ensembles and traditional singers to visit Western countries for performances and workshops.

In the Brill building practice, there were no more unpredictable or rebellious singers ; in fact, a specific singer in most cases could be easily replaced with another.

Singers like Ustad Barkat Ali and many other singers in the past used to practice it, but due to the lack of historical records, many names are anonymous.

Another practice of the time was to allow singers to embellish their arias.

The term Key Note comes from the practice of a cappella, often Barbershop singers, playing a note before singing.

Some renditions of this hymn ( for example, the practice of Sacred Harp singer ) follow a practice recommended by Billings himself and include male singers on the treble, singing an octave down, as well as female singers on the tenor part, singing an octave higher.

This may reflect a wish to support the entrances with a solid bass line, or perhaps just a practical consideration: thanks to the weight of existing tradition, the bass singers have considerable practice in coming in alone at the beginning of a musical phrase, practice which the other sections lack.

As the practice of castrating boy singers faded, composers created heroic male roles in the mezzo-soprano range, where singers such as Marietta Alboni and Rosamunda Pisaroni specialised in such roles.