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“Your next job interview might happen via text message,” said Kelsey Gee in The Wall Street Journal. With job candidates increasingly slow to pick up the phone or respond to emails, employers are conducting more early-stage interviews by text, adapting their approaches “to young workers’ communication habits.” The messaging app Canvas suggests interview questions employers can use—including “What motivates you?”—and uses software to analyze candidates’ responses. At staffing firm Aegis, recruiters who used to schedule 30 back-toback calls now juggle as many as 120 separate text conversations at a time, while also helping clients connect with younger workers. Only 12_percent of Millennials say they prefer the phone for business use, while 45_percent prefer chatting online or texting. “To them, it was like, ‘Duh, why wouldn’t we use this,” said Aegis CEO Kirby Cuniffe. “That’s how we communicate now.” ■