> At the events, applicants are commoditized by filling out forms with the same subset of credentials, everyone wears pretty much the same suit, and even those

> At the events, applicants are commoditized by filling out forms with the same subset of credentials, everyone wears pretty much the same suit, and even those with naturally lighter hair dye it black. I'm confused. Why is this particularly related to Recruit? Those rules are observed in any recruiting event in Japan. E.g. students are often recruited at on-campus events, which as far as I know have nothing to do with Recruit. Neither has the weird custom of hand-written resumes.