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Warning! The Phone Job Interview Can Be A Trap -- Nov. 17, 2011

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Warning! The Phone Job Interview Can Be A Trap

Warning! The Phone Job Interview Can Be A Trap By Skip Freeman

Great news! All your job search activities have paid off and you've landed a telephone interview with a prospective employer. This is an opportunity, correct? Well, yes and no.

You have made it all the way to "round one," and that's certainly something positive, something to celebrate. But wait! You still have to go into "round two," either a subsequent phone interview, or it is hoped, the all-important "face-to-face" interview, which is the only goal you should have for the outcome of a phone interview. More...

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