AI is helping candidates optimize resumes while employers use technology to screen growing applicant pools. But are hiring systems finding the strongest people to interview or the resumes easiest to recognize?
When a quarter gets tight, the people investment is the first line cut, because nobody has put a dollar on it. That is a measurement failure rather than a spending decision, and for most small companies the number sitting inside it is larger than the software budget.
AI is helping candidates optimize resumes while employers use technology to screen growing applicant pools. But are hiring systems finding the strongest people to interview or the resumes easiest to recognize?
When a quarter gets tight, the people investment is the first line cut, because nobody has put a dollar on it. That is a measurement failure rather than a spending decision, and for most small companies the number sitting inside it is larger than the software budget.
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