The goal at this stage is to reduce
this stack of resumes down to a manageable number, perhaps the top 10 or 20.
Not exact matches
So, when a hiring manager sits
down to start working through a
stack of resumes, they spend about six seconds scanning them to see which ones they can eliminate right off the bat.
Even after an ATS narrows things
down to a (somewhat) manageable
stack of resumes, there are often still too many for recruiters and hiring managers to give serious consideration to each one.
Since many hiring managers skim
stacks of resumes to narrow
down their choices, your document needs to impress from the start.
And oh, by the way, they need to get this
stack of 110
resumes down to a workable 15 by the end off the day.
Faced with a
stack of hundreds
of resumes to whittle
down to a short list, a recruiter will spend absolutely no more than 30 seconds briefly looking at each individual
resume.
We use this quick review to narrow a
stack of fifty
resumes down to about ten, then we take a longer look at the remaining ten to decide who we should call in for an interview.