https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_system Applicant Tracking Systems have arguably been a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_system Applicant Tracking Systems have arguably been a disaster for humans seeking positions in larger organizations. Taleo etc are laughably basic and typically miss valuable candidates because they work on 90's era keyword loading...I know this having hired for lots of positions in a couple of large companies. You can copy all the keywords in a job application, stuff your resume with them and the ATS will pick up the resume as 'valuable' I can't say anything positive about the vast majority of HR organizations, who are mostly just sitting in the management meetings waiting for instructions to fire or hire and have virtually no influence outside that...