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Is It Time To Scrap The Resume And Cover Letter?

“It’s time for the résumé and the cover letter to die,” writes New York Magazine’s  Jesse Singal. He tells Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson that the current cover letter and résumé packet is discriminatory and time wasting, and that companies should adopt alternative techniques when screening job candidates.

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