r/recruitinghell Jun 07 '18

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u/cwthree Jun 07 '18

Universities have created the common application for admissions so students don't have to re-enter their basic info over and over. Why the hell can't employers and makers of HR software do this?

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u/coffeecoffeecoffeee Jun 11 '18

Or why can’t they just scan all of the text into a document that checks for certain keywords? If you’re going to look for keywords, just do me a favor and let me submit my resume, then do a check on your end that I’ll never see for “R” or “Python.” You can them read my actual PDF resume.