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My friend's job application got auto-rejected because his resume said 'university' instead of 'college'
He told me the hiring manager at his old firm in Chicago finally explained why his resume never passed the first filter. The algorithm was set to flag any resume with the word 'university' as not matching the 'college degree' requirement field. Has anyone else heard of a system being that rigid over a single word?
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the_lisa3mo ago
Yeah, that "exact format" thing @piperbailey mentioned is real. My buddy lost out because his job title was "IT Manager" and the system only looked for "Manager, IT.
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linda_dixon491mo ago
Hold on a second, are we sure this is really as bad as people make it out to be? I mean, I've worked with computers since the 90s and I've seen plenty of people claim their resume got "lost" when really it just wasn't a good fit for the job. If your buddy was an IT Manager and the system wanted "Manager, IT" maybe the software just wasn't set up right. Plus, I've always listed my dates as "Month Year" and never had a problem getting interviews. I just wonder sometimes if we blame a computer when our application might have had other issues.
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Wow, that's brutal but weirdly believable. My cousin's resume got tossed by a system because she listed months and years for her jobs instead of just years. The automated screen wanted the exact format "2019-2021" and she had "June 2019 - August 2021." It's crazy how something so small can completely block you.
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