Looking for work? Your next job interview might just come by text message

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Screen phone calls are so yesterday. Your next employer might want to do the initial interview via text message. Buzz60’s Sean Dowling has more.
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When the text message popped up on his iPhone, Malcolm Barnes was skeptical. Could this really be from a recruiter? Sure, he had applied online for a job. But in the era of data breaches, spam and scams, he wasn’t sure whether to trust it.  

“I’ve always had face-to-face interactions when hiring people (myself) or when I was looking for a job,” the 28-year-old says.  

As it turned out, the text was legit. He never met the recruiter who sent the messages. A month or so after the initial text, Barnes was hired as a senior patient care technician at Community Heart and Vascular Hospital in Indianapolis.