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I doubt the answers will be any different from the last time this question was asked.
Of course, you can refuse, but I suspect that doing so automatically sends your resume to the bottom of the pile. They'll look at the candidates the AI identifies as the best matches first, and only if they don't find anyone there will they maybe take a look at the rest.
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I just let it use AI. I used it to revise my resume, so I’m fine with them using it to review it.
I just feel like ATS is eliminating good candidates. I don’t understand people being out of work for 2 years with 100s of applications sent and only a couple of actual interviews. Something doesn’t add up.
Also if everyone’s using the same key words pulled from the job description, every resume reads about the same. How does anyone stand out in any way?
Doesn’t make sense.
LT1, wow, confirms what we all know, that these hiring processes are never really thought through. Like anyone has the time to understand the experience from the candidates’ side.
BTW, I think onboarding process are just as ineffective. No one assess it from a candidate’s perspective.
When things like “no experience necessary” coincide with required asterisked fields for names of past three managers, for an application form that doesn’t allow explanations…the whole exercise is flawed. As an applicant hoping to get a job, there’s anxiety for every detail that may toss you out by ATS.
I’m still waiting for the moment when mid to large companies come to the realization that ATS is not doing what they think it is.
ATS may “process” 100s of applications, but few managers are questioning if the ATS selections are good ones—great IRL matches or just meticulous AI scrubbed resumes to align with a job description. The 2 are worlds apart.
It honestly blows my mind how these hiring and onboarding processes are designed without considering what applicants go through. It's like they're just ticking boxes for the sake of it. Filling out all those mandatory fields with manager names when you don't even have the experience or the option to explain feels borderline ridiculous. So much anxiety there - especially when you know the ATS is just a black box deciding who makes it.
Totally agree, the moment when companies wake up and question if their ATS is actually screening the right candidates can't come soon enough. I started tweaking my own resume when I realized I kept getting rejected before anyone even saw it. Ran it through stuff like Resume Worded, Jobscan, and ResumeJudge just to see what these systems are looking for. It's wild how much hinges on matching keywords rather than real experience.
Have you ever tried submitting the same resume with tiny edits to see if it makes a difference? The results can be weirdly inconsistent. That requirement for past manager names is peak poor process design, honestly. What company's ATS has gotten you tossed most often? Curious because I feel like there's a common thread with certain industries.
If I knew what was getting me ranked low with ATS I’d have fixed it by now. Starting to think it’s my age/years of experience. So curtailing that now on my resume, but online application forms want graduation dates, so there goes that.
I wonder how many people are getting hired who lie on their resumes, just to please ATS.