As a hiring manager, I want those resumes as an initial filter. No, they don't say much about engineering skills, but they tell me quite a lot about a number of

As a hiring manager, I want those resumes as an initial filter. No, they don't say much about engineering skills, but they tell me quite a lot about a number of other things. Things like communication skills, priorities, attention to detail and motivation are strongly reflected by someones resume. The only people who can afford to not put serious effort into their resumes are people that have an online (Github etc) or offline (network) footprint that speaks for itself. But those also tend to be the people that don't get recruited via the formal application process.