Sadly one of the biggest problems I have found regarding Resumes/CV's in the IT industry and companies is the rise of HR departments who will just word filter the candidates and even remove people they deem not suitable. Even the classic case of filtering out people they deem `overqualified`, which sadly means the IT manager most often does not get to even see or known about the better candidates and ends up with a s…
It this really a problem? Because most of us wouldn't want to work for a company with such a broken hiring process, it's a big red flag for a lot of other things being wrong in they way they treat their tech people. And those who do want to get in should be smart enough to play the game and cater their resumes to those HR practices. If you can't or won't, you probably wouldn't happy or successful working for such a c…
Accountant exams and lawyers as the best examples have not changed. So for HR to see filter is not only easy but obvious process in such stable measures. In IT those change so much that it is mostly recruitment agency input that has those factored into requirements and as for agencies. Well some good at filtering and know the trades and others mostly work upon (1) get CV's (2) get companies (3) push CV's and effort done by wine and dine approach with HR.
So not only is it the HR department but the agency factor and in the web based direction the added level of filtering does get down to keywords still and little if not mostly none at all human sanity by somebody who knows the role and can see the signs of somebody who knows the skills.
Then keywords do not bestow what level of competence and that varies greatly as we all know.
This all said sometimes the gains outway the broken HR if you get an offer and not every time do you have the luxury of saying no.
Though as a personal anecdote I once had a job interview with a company and got there on time, left waiting and eventually HR bod came down and said fill this in (form which was all details upon my CV), so I ask can I just attach my CV you already have and told no. So I had to fill out in pen on a form that you just know somebody will have to type into a system, details already upon my CV. Did that, still waiting for HR bod to return. They return then have interview with HR. Was very belittling with much attitude of thats a lot for money for somebody your age and in short really off putting attitude. I then saw the boss of the IT department, was interview with him and IT contractor, not only aced the interview and blew them away but taught them things as well like undocumented debug modes in software they used (dataease so talking 90's here). Given the contractor was a `specialist` in this product he was mind blown. Also the small bonus skills I totally aced, in short a perfect interview at every level.
Not only was I offered the job before I got home from the interview but they had offered 20% more than the agency had put me forward for and that HR person had been so much attitude towards me (I was early 20's). It just totally put me off, and turned it down, just due to that HR experience. Though have many other HR anecdotes, some good and some bad, as we all do and shall not mention the posture nazi's for want of a better term.