In our in-class workshop on recruiting, HR had the option to consider initially phone screening candidates . The advantages to this approach include the following, except for: it draws out the recruiting process to see what candidates are truly committed to Bobcatco with significant hiring requirements, these initial screens are a way to quickly screen large numbers of people to identify promising candidates a phone screen duplicates a key job function customer service reps will need to perform it is a cost-effective approach for front-end candidate screening