The problem is the downside risk and law of large numbers. The downside is huge and the upside is tiny in terms of engaging at all. You screen 100 resumes - yo

The problem is the downside risk and law of large numbers. The downside is huge and the upside is tiny in terms of engaging at all. You screen 100 resumes - you talk to 20 people. If you give quick feedback in the response for those 20, and do 5 positions in a year that's 100 quick pieces of feedback - I agree - would be totally useful. Didn't have required license, communication skills weaker, not familiar with industry, not local to area etc etc. I could do these very quickly. BUT it only takes ONE person tweeting and being offended by the response to cause huge problems even BEFORE you get to litigation risk and folks going back and forth on topics. Imagine this - even job references in the US have gone to almost no content. "Giving a negative reference may expose the company to legal liability if the former employee does not get a desired job and decides to sue for defamation or slander. But providing a positive reference or failing to disclose potentially damaging information can leave the company open to legal liability (negligent referral) as well." - Result - again, just very little info is disclosed.