[ml/nj]

Where my wife is at the first screen of applicants is the list scan, the job posting had a list of qualifying skills, they take that list and go through the resumes, if every word in that list isn’t on your resume you’re out. That’s been step 1 for them for decades.

If one has any true ability, the Real Step One is to avoid these HR people and their software altogether.

ML/NJ

[discostu]

Depends on where you’re trying to get hired. Most bigger companies there is no avoiding HR. Even if you have a friend hand deliver the resume it still has to go through the process. Too many law suits out there, everybody needs to cover their butts, which is a large part of why the process is there.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: If one has any true ability, the Real Step One is to avoid these HR people and their software altogether.

And how does one get to the ultimate decision maker directly?

[Lazamataz]

If one has any true ability, the Real Step One is to avoid these HR people and their software altogether.

Dude, I've got MAD skills.

But I cannot avoid HR.

Well, I kinda can, I get an employer who is fixated on getting me aboard, so they work with HR to get me through.

But I still go through HR.