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“Four Tips for Acing Interviews by Phone”

Filed under Interviewing
Posted by Libraries, February 13, 2006
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Sarah E. Needleman, Career Journal.com, February 7, 2006
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/interviewing/20060207-needleman.html?mod=RSSCareerJournal&cjrss=frontpage

“Job hunters often mistakenly believe that phone interviews are less formal than face-to-face meetings, recruiters say. Yet they’re a critical first hurdle in landing a job.” Four tips to a successful telephone interview are: 1. Minimize distractions, 2. Sharpen your verbal skills, 3. Prepare in advance, and 4. Follow up.

For more information about interviewing, visit the Career Resource Library page at: http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/career/interviewing.shtml

—Jennifer M. Lege