Or you could just filter based on the job being applied for?
Comment on Why do companies require you to submit a resume but also put the same data into their forms?
unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
OCR is fallible. The forms are for the robot to quickly filter based on tags. The resume is for the human to quickly filter based on vibes.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I’m not sure what you are proposing or how it’s relevant to what I said.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m asking why the resumes need to be filtered by tag in the first place? Why not just filter them by the job that is being applied for?
unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
The company wants a way to rapidly reject applicants to slim the pool of viable candidates to a level manageable by humans.
If a software engineer job posting is made that requires java and got 10,000 applicants having a computer automatically reject any that don’t have “java” in the application reduces the human load.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 1 day ago
OP was talking about pasting the text from the resume into their forms, so OCR shouldn’t even be involved.
unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
The company still wants the resume. They just want the information extracted accurately. OCR may not be involved because it isn’t accurate enough to associate specific chunks on the resume with specific questions. If companies just had the form they would have three accurate info, but would have to generate a resume internally for human use (which isn’t a bad idea necessarily). If they just had the resume uploader then they would have to have a person manually extract the information.
So they ask for both–because they want accuracy and the original document and there aren’t tools around to give them both today.
Lehmuusa@nord.pub 1 day ago
The resume does put on emphasis on specific stuff. Whatever the applicant has found most relevant to tell.
I still don’t agree that the extra workload for the applicant is justified.