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I've got hundreds of applicants and no time to read them all. What should I do?

No recruiter has the time.

200 applicants at the median Kit call length of 22.9 minutes is about 76 hours of talking, before notes and scheduling. That's two working weeks for one vacancy. So the CV filter exists to protect recruiters' time, not because it predicts well.

High-impact people become visible before interview.

The usual process narrows the pool on the thinnest information, at the start, and only gathers rich information (interviews) on the few who survive. The people cut at the CV stage never get the conversation that would have shown what they could do.

Kit turns it the right way round. Everyone gets the conversation first. Then the shortlist is built on the rich information, and interviews go to the people most likely to have impact.

From hundreds to a handful.

At Rocket Yard, 180 applied, 15 spoke to Kit, 2 met and 1 was hired.

More good hires from the job sites you already pay for.

Every applicant gets a conversation. The great one at number 140 gets heard.

Start every day knowing who's ready for you.

Every applicant has a recommendation before you open their CV. You spend your day with the people most likely to do well.

Stop reading a hundred profiles.

See the few worth meeting, with Kit's reasons and what they said.

“It saved me a job and a half. I've got 400 applicants for that role. I've now taken it off LinkedIn.”
HR Business Partner, fintech

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