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High-volume screening

What happens when a job gets more applicants than anyone can read.

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High-volume screening

Why the best CV in the pile often never gets read

In three of five real job postings the top-scoring CV arrived in the second half of the pile. What reading in arrival order actually costs.

21 September 2026 · 6 min read
High-volume screening

500 applications and one person: how to actually screen them

Reading them by hand is 25 hours. Our measured batch rate is 800 CVs an hour. What gets faster, what does not, and what breaks.

21 September 2026 · 7 min read
High-volume screening

Why "we’ll only contact you if shortlisted" costs your employer brand

Our own close-out email has been used zero times: 47 of 56 candidates heard nothing. Why it happens, and what it costs.

21 September 2026 · 6 min read