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What is the number one reason for resume rejection?

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Question added by Gabriela Bota , Montessori Teacher , Gateway International Montessori School
Date Posted: 2014/05/10
Muhammad Shakeel Chaudhry
by Muhammad Shakeel Chaudhry , Dy General Manager , Classified

In most cases, my experience is that overwhelmingly large number of responses to the job ad restrict the ability of the HR deptt to review each resume objectively. Use of computer based (automated) softwares to sift through the resumes have made it all important to have the right key words to get noticed. Unfortunately in my opinion, resumes have lost their relevance and the jobs are more and more offered on the basis of referals. This is not necessarily a mal-practice but a compulsion in the face of unmanageable quantities of the resumes that flood the offices of the HR managers.

Mamdouh Saeed Mohamed Ali Ali
by Mamdouh Saeed Mohamed Ali Ali , المدير الاداري , شركة عواد التجارية

1/ find the best to prove self

2/ creat the best enviroment to work

3/ find a better job

4/ good assessment of the personal

Nila Eslit
by Nila Eslit , Content Writer for Fitness web , George Allen

Insufficient information given

The candidate is not fit for the job required

Not presentable - dirty or cluttered

Khatim Abbas Seed
by Khatim Abbas Seed , BUSINESS CONSULTANT , Google

There may be many reasons, and I'm dying to know what these top reasons are from you Mrs. Bota, being in the recruitment.

 

I can only list this as probabl a major (new) reason for rejecting resumes:

Writing CV's that are "incompatible" with (or not optimized for) the so-called Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), like the one developed and employed by Bayt.com. Such systems filter submitted CV's according to relevancy based on keywords, with no human intervention the first stages. This causes many CV of otherwise competent applicants to be excluded from the race for a specific job.

These days Recruiters are looking for "Success Stories" or "Achievements" to be written in resume 

BashirAhamd BASHIR
by BashirAhamd BASHIR , teacher , EDUCATION

No match+do not communicate effectively+lack of experience+qualifcations+communication and personality+

Hédi Ben Cherifa
by Hédi Ben Cherifa , Logistics coordinator , Jarir Bookstore

The big number of applications for that job & The resume doesn't match the job requirement

feras ghith
by feras ghith , Acting senior charge nurse , skmc

Large resumes.

Photos.

No contact information

Ghussan Ayub Hashmi
by Ghussan Ayub Hashmi , Mechanical Engieer , HONDA Atlas Cars Pakistan Limited

Because mostly resumes are not that clear as they do not communicate effectively or they do not focus on required details. 

hossam el din
by hossam el din , Accountant , Charted wall . w.l.l

in order

1- not professional

2- fake info

3- no reference

4- Uncoordinated

Ahmed Mahana
by Ahmed Mahana , Retail Sales Executive , The Future Company ( Etisalat RD

Poor informations - Long Resume  wrong conntact info

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