The problem isn't the computers, it's the people. You put HR-bots on the task of listing the job, and they don't know Atom from Adam, so they list all sorts of silly requirements like 15 years of SAP experience, 15 years of Ruby on Rails, 15 years of COBOL, and all for a $20/hr entry position, or a list of certifications that no human could ever accumulate. Then what happens is applicants start keyword spamming their resumes just to get noticed, and now as a technical person I get a stack of resumes that are absolute trash.
Two years ago I was hiring for a sysadmin. My HR department put my requirements up on Indeed. I got 70 resumes that passed their screening. Of those 70 I found 5 that I wanted to interview, 3 that showed up, and none were hirable. I left a company several months ago, couldn't deal with the management anymore, and the past few months of job searching have been excruciating.
We need more technical people screening resumes and comparing to actual job requirements.
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The problem isn't the computers, it's the people. You put HR-bots on the task of listing the job, and they don't know Atom from Adam, so they list all sorts of silly requirements like 15 years of SAP experience, 15 years of Ruby on Rails, 15 years of COBOL, and all for a $20/hr entry position, or a list of certifications that no human could ever accumulate. Then what happens is applicants start keyword spamming their resumes just to get noticed, and now as a technical person I get a stack of resumes that are absolute trash.
Two years ago I was hiring for a sysadmin. My HR department put my requirements up on Indeed. I got 70 resumes that passed their screening. Of those 70 I found 5 that I wanted to interview, 3 that showed up, and none were hirable. I left a company several months ago, couldn't deal with the management anymore, and the past few months of job searching have been excruciating.
We need more technical people screening resumes and comparing to actual job requirements.