Posted on 09/07/2021 5:15:38 AM PDT by Twotone
Automated resume-scanning software that is inflexibly configured and overlooks potentially suitable workers is a major factor contributing to a “broken” hiring system in the United States, according to a new report from Harvard Business School (HBR).
The HBR report (pdf), released Sept. 4, provides insight into America’s labor market dynamics, including the widely reported mismatch between the more than 10 million job openings—a record high—and the more than 8.4 million unemployed actively looking for work.
Business owners have been complaining about not being able to find enough workers and having to raise pay to attract new hires. At the same time, swaths of willing and available workers remain “not visible” to recruiters, who have become increasingly reliant on automated software that is inflexibly configured and filters out large numbers of viable candidates, according to the report.
“Companies are increasingly desperate for workers. As they continue to struggle to find people with the skills they need, their competitiveness and growth prospects are put at risk,” the report’s authors wrote.
“At the same time, an enormous and growing group of people are unemployed or underemployed, eager to get a job or increase their working hours. However, they remain effectively ‘hidden’ from most businesses that would benefit from hiring them by the very processes those companies use to find talent.”
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THEN SHOW UP AT THE DOOR, OR CALL.
Sheesh.
Computers never lie...
That’s not a bug, that’s a feature.
What a load of Horse Paste!
Not credible. If the software is constraining recruiting that is a policy decision of the HR leadership.
“THEN SHOW UP AT THE DOOR, OR CALL.”
Around here there is sign after sign after sign in front of businesses promising “immediate” interviews, start the next day, up to $1,000.00 per week starting pay, and bonuses of up to $3,000.00 after 60 days.
I’ve never seen anything like it before in my life.
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That’s not how it works any more. Unfortunately.
If you show up at their door they will direct you to their web site.
Otherwise the dykes in HR wouldn’t be able to screen out old white guys.
I don’t know if it’s credible or not. Leaving decision making to software is likely to have lots of issues. My husband had a problem because a HUMAN was reviewing resumes for positions they didn’t understand & rejecting his application because they didn’t know the technical lingo.
Applicants need to be taught to do more to conform with the system. They should be able to pose their qualifications in terms of the job specification and do the job announcement, otherwise maybe they’re not qualified for the position. They should be working off of a new total life master resume of about fifteen Pages consisting of everything they ever did, even hobbies and other things that seem not related to work, They need to ruthlessly cram their own experience skills and education into the slots suggested by the significant keywords in the job description and job announcement. And then worry about making themselves look like princess Charming when it comes to the first interview. They should have already researched the company and the position so that they know more than the hiring workers about the position, and they can actually lead the interview, showing the people who do the hiring that they have to hire them based on how they will answer all the positions requirements and do everything that the company needs.
Computers + HR = “What could possibly go wrong?”
I’ve had receptionists REFUSE to take a copy on my resume, and one who did take it throw it in the trash before even I left the lobby.
Different times.
THIS!
It is going to be fun to watch the collision between this situation and the end of enhanced unemployment benefits. Will they get jobs, or will they dig in and assert their right to be a useless couch potato? Stay tuned.
That's an oxymoron. HR people are basically worthless and have always been worthless.
Yes, This. But when the economy has crashed even that doesn’t help.
Been there dome that.
Add to that list networking. The first time HR should hear your name is when The Boss tells them to hire you!
I got my current job because a friend of mine knew the person who was looking for somebody with my skill set. I sent my resume directly to him, and he told HR he was going to interview me.
When I was on the hiring side, some of the best people were referrals from current employees, who knew I would be annoyed if they sent me a turkey.
This is absolutely true. Mainly that HR is too lazy and under-staffed to effectively phone-screen the over-saturated numbers of people who easily apply online.
Also they are too unfamiliar with any technical aspects of businesses even to ask 10-minutes worth of good behavioral questions.
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