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The alternative, of course, is asking via IM (which, at best, is a poor medium for explaining or demonstrating difficult concepts) or email (which is the worst, because it might be a week before someone gets back to you, if they even get back to you at all).
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Anything for managing a conversation, like IM or Twitter, which is a big omission.
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MetLife's insurance competitor, The Hartford, emphasizes face-to-face and telephone skills, which they see as lacking in IM-happy recruits.
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