The Resume Black Hole Of Modern Hiring

Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions · Oct 28, 2026 · 9m · transcript

We talk about the silent war between human recruiters and automated resume screening software, often called applicant tracking systems. In this episode, we look at why a well-qualified candidate gets rejected not because they lacked skills, but because their resume failed to match specific keyword filters set by hiring managers who rarely update them. We examine a real-world case where a mid-level marketing director was passed over for a role she clearly qualified for, simply because her past job title did not exactly mirror the new opening. We discuss how these algorithms prioritize exact…