
With applicants’ resumes being put aside by the system, Mungovan said, some businesses are going back to the old-fashion paper resume.

The report said applicant tracking systems are utilized by 99% of Fortune 500 companies and 75% of the 760 U.S. And a lot of systems have a default filter that employers aren’t aware of, so there may be a larger number of candidates who are capable of performing a job are disqualified.”Īccording to a Harvard Business School report, over 10 million workers are barred from hiring opportunities because of the widespread adoption of computer software programs. “But because they are disqualifying people, a person may never see the resume. “The applicant’s system is meant to be a resource to help employers to expedite things and, in theory, it would send the most qualified candidates to the hiring manager,” Mungovan said. Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
