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How keyword filters lose you great people

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Jira is not Trello. To a filter, it might as well be another language.

Applicant tracking systems match words, not skills.If your advert says Trello and the candidate wrote Jira, the filter rejects them.

The people who get lost

Career changers.People from smaller companies who used different tools.People who describe what they achieved instead of listing buzzwords.Often, the best people.

What we do instead

A consultant who has done the work reads every application.They know a two-week sprint is agile, and a £4m budget is P&L ownership.Every great candidate lost is business success delayed.

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