I haven’t seen this approach in a long time:<\/p>\n
No online or email applications. Call (XXX) XXX-XXXX.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That line is from a sales ad I read this morning. I love it. Start with the phone screen and move on from there. You notice that a phone call means they are not relying upon the resume as the first filter.<\/p>\n
I have to confess the ad does describe an entry-level position, but kudos to the hiring company for taking a screen-based approach to sourcing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I haven’t seen this approach in a long time: No online or email applications. Call (XXX) XXX-XXXX. That line is from a sales ad I read this morning. I love it. Start with the phone screen and move on from there. You notice that a phone call means they are not relying upon the resume as the first filter. I have to confess the ad does describe an entry-level position, but kudos to the hiring company for taking a screen-based approach to sourcing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-ads"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-jI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":184,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/07\/when-to-assess-salespeople\/","url_meta":{"origin":1222,"position":0},"title":"When to Assess Salespeople","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The first key is to assess candidates before hiring. 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