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Our client Christopher knew something was wrong. “It just didn’t make sense,” he said. “I job-hunted for six months as a full-time job. I customized my resumes and cover letters. I followed every instruction to the letter. I took over thirty online tests in that time, and I got no interviews.
My background is a perfect match for at least twenty of the hundred jobs I applied for, and a good match for another sixty of them. It’s obvious that the Black Hole recruiting system is broken.”
Christopher is right. You can’t get good people in the door by searching keywords. We can’t convey the power of a person through a mechanical system.
Why would we ever believe that we could?
“I’m fed up,” said Christopher. “I’m cynical. I don’t know whether that’s good or…
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