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Recession Gives Lift</br></br>To Collection Agencies</br></br>SMALL FIRMS are calling on collection agencies for help more than ever before.</br></br>Companies generally try to collect overdue bills themselves, but the recession has caused so many delinquent accounts that many small businesses are calling backup assistance.</br></br>"The clients we're working for don't have the manpower to follow up on so many collections," says Charles Dorsey, vice president of Continental Credit Adjustors in Houston. In the past year, Continental Credit Adjustors' client volume -- mostly small firms -- has jumped nearly 40%.