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For a single position and 500 resumes presented, how much time are you willing to allocate per applicant on the first and second pass through the stack?


Depends on the importance of the position. I'd be willing to spend a minute or two on each resume. I'd probably take a week to get through them.

If I'm hiring directly for my team, I might even take more time on each resume.


Would you be throwing out a lot of the potential good hires with only a minute looking at a resume? And likewise, are you sure you’re not getting false positives of poorly qualified candidates with good resumes in only a minute of looking at the resume?

This is what the GP is lamenting.

At 500 minutes of time, this is a solid day of non stop resume reading.




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