r/HuntrCo

My Resume

"You can be the best candidate, but if you apply three weeks after the role is posted, we'll never see you."

Here’s a summary of what he had to say:

1. The AI "Auto-Rejection" Myth: Our unique job-search trends data show that 60% of job seekers believe they are being auto-rejected by AI.
   1. The reality is that those instant 1:38 AM rejections are usually knockout questions (like work authorization or exact years of experience). Candidates never see these filters, and recruiters only see the qualified applicants.
2. "The ATS is Just a Filing Cabinet": It doesn’t make hiring decisions. The dreaded "keyword filters" are just a modern interface for standard, 30-year-old Boolean search logic.
3. "Treat Your Resume Like a Technical Manual":
   1. Ditch the dense text blocks; recruiters skip them. Focus entirely on problem-solving, specific tools used, and measurable success highlighted by numbers, percentages, and dollar signs.
4. Roles open for less than a week easily hit 500+ applicants. Hiring managers aim to interview 5 high-quality candidates for each role. Once they have 5 candidates in the pipeline, they stop looking. You must apply early.
5. Ghosting is a Volume Problem: He says that internal recruiters handle 30-50 open roles simultaneously, dedicating 5-6 hours a week per candidate profile just to admin and feedback. Whether you feel ghosted or ignored, treat the silence as a simple "no" and keep moving forward.

Do you have any other questions for hiring managers/recruiters? I met with at least one every week.

I don't know who needs to hear this (maybe I'm just writing this for myself).

Humans matter, you matter, your work matters.

AI is not going to take all jobs. Jobs are collections of tasks that humans do to provide value to other humans. Some tasks may change. Tools will change. But we will NOT as a society decide that humans do not have something to offer to their fellow humans.

AI company leaders will do best to remember this. There will be many changes that many will not be comfortable with, but we will get through it, and humans will be taken care of. It has to be that way.

Am I missing something?

That 4.3% doesn't match what job seekers tell me. It doesn't match the wider economy either. Here's the fuller picture, pulled from BLS March 2026 data and Gallup's latest workplace report.

Unemployed: 7.2 million. People without a job who want one.

Underemployed: 4.5 million. People working part-time who want full-time hours but can't get them. (BLS counts another 6 million who want a job but aren't actively searching, so they fall off the headline rate.)

Misemployed: 110 million. Gallup's 2024 data shows 69% of US workers are either psychologically checked out (52%) or actively resentful of their jobs (17%). They show up, but they don't want to be there.

That's about 122 million people. Out of a labor force of 170 million, that's 72%
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If we want to talk about the labor market honestly, 4.3% won't cut it.

The real story is much bigger and I intend to dedicate my life to help solve it.

Here are the job boards that get better interview rates than LinkedIn.