Former HR chief Laszlo Bock says Google gets 50,000 resumes a week. This is how it eliminates many of them.
Source: Google Automatically Rejects Most Resumes for Common Mistakes You’ve Probably Made Too | Inc.com
58 percent of resumes contain typographical errors or misspelled words.
We understand the desire to cull the resume list, and we understand the feeling one gets when reading a resume with spelling errors or typos.
But some times, this could be removing excellent candidates (who are otherwise very strong) but who may be non-native English speakers or possibly suffer from medical conditions that do not impact their day-to-day work. Writing off so many potentially good candidates while simultaneously complaining of a worker shortage might not be the best.
