July 10, 2009

Electronic resume processing

I had my first experience with this today, and I am not impressed with it. I sent off an electronic application with résumé and got a rejection within five minutes. This despite the fact that the job had exactly the same title as the one I last held when working for someone other than myself.

My feelings are best expressed by this rhyme, substituting the computerized résumé-reader for the doctor:

I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.

Posted by Linkmeister at July 10, 2009 01:32 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I feel the same way.

Posted by: cassie-b at July 10, 2009 04:25 PM

Did you go on and on about how you encountered a car parked on the sidewalk and didn't know what to do?

Posted by: Scott at July 10, 2009 08:18 PM

I don't know why we bother with resumes anymore. With modern technology, I ought to be able to generate a list of hashcodes that define my education, experience, skill set, and expectations (all based on standard Unicode character string buzzwords). Then I can send the list to an employer or recruiter, whose automated Human Resources (oxymoron intended) system could do a few numerical comparisons and evaluate my fit for a job within microseconds.

And I welcome our new hiring overlords.

Posted by: Bruce Cohen (SpeakerToManagers) at July 12, 2009 11:48 AM