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{"id":415,"date":"2018-06-24T17:21:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melodicpop.com\/blog\/?p=415"},"modified":"2018-06-27T21:06:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T20:06:28","slug":"job-seekers-ill-suited-for-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melodicpop.com\/blog\/job-seekers-ill-suited-for-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Job seekers, ill-suited for interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melodicpop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/melodicpop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/melodicpop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><p>Today we are going to do an exercise based on a Times article about &#8220;job seekers&#8221;. 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