Telephone interviews are typically the first stage of the recruitment process and are a time efficient way of establishing if an applicant is potentially worthy of meeting in person.
The depth and duration of the current global economic crisis has meant that with the exception of a few notable industries and specialist areas, the supply of candidates in recent years has by far outstripped demand. This has unfortunately led to a proliferation of bad practice in the recruitment industry. That goes for in-house recruiters just as