Resumes, originating from Leonardo da Vinci in the 1400s, have hardly evolved despite significant advancements in technology and hiring practices. Today's hiring systems are based on flawed assumptions, as they believe past experiences predict future success and that a single-page document can encapsulate a person's true potential. This article highlights the inadequacies of resumes, which often emphasize formatting over genuine capability, leading to a disconnection between talent and opportunity. Automation and filtering technologies exacerbate the issue, leaving qualified candidates overlooked while the focus shifts to keyword matching, not true skills or adaptability.
A resume can't tell you that. And yet, for most companies, it's still the first gate. If you don't make the cut there, you're invisible.
We've mistaken formatting for fitness. Buzzwords for behavior. And we've scaled that mistake using automation.
To deal with the volume, we added ATS systems. Then AI screeners. Then auto-responses that never come.
There's no shortage of talent. What we have is a measurement failure.
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