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I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, job applications haven't changed that much.

It was still a dismissive black box, it's just that the process was more manual. Instead of AI tools throwing your application away, someone skimmed it looking for a particular bullet point, if they don't find it in 10 seconds your resume is tossed in the bin. Whether it was AI or a manager, either way you're probably not getting a call back to let you know they tossed your application.

The manual review though does improve your odds than an algorithm looking for keywords.

Not to mention sometimes you got feedback of what your odds were of getting hired. If you gave someone your physical resumé, and they just laid it down in a random spot and we're dismissive, you at least knew immediately that you should probably not expect a call back.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The manual review though does improve your odds than an algorithm looking for keywords.

I mean... It's a human looking for keywords...

Not to mention sometimes you got feedback of what your odds were of getting hired. If you gave someone your physical resumé, and they just laid it down in a random spot and we're dismissive, you at least knew immediately that you should probably not expect a call back.

Ok, I guess you could just drop off your resume in person, but then what would happen is you give it to the person at the counter/reception desk/front office/whatever, and then you'd have no idea if it ever even get to a hiring manager. More often you'd just email your resume to the manager/HR (yes we had email in the 90s), so you'd know it would get to the right people, but then would have no idea if anyone actually ever looked at it unless you got a call back.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

To be fair I was referring to the 80s 👴