When I’m hiring, a human recruiter (or the hiring manager) reads most resumes. For us, there is some sorting by basic keyword analysis and we start near the to

When I’m hiring, a human recruiter (or the hiring manager) reads most resumes. For us, there is some sorting by basic keyword analysis and we start near the top, but there is no proverbial black box that rejects candidates outright. If candidates are ignored by humans, it’s not because AI rejected them, it’s because we are starting with candidates earlier in the list and might not make it to applicant 537.