I used to let AI sort my resume pile, then it cut a guy with 12 years of shop experience
I ran a small machine shop in Akron and last spring I started using one of those AI resume screeners to get through about 200 applications for two open spots. I figured it would save me a weekend and it did, it knocked the pile down to 18 names in maybe 20 minutes. Then my lead guy asked about a kid he knew, and the AI had tossed him because his resume said 'CNC operator' instead of 'CNC machinist'. That was a guy with 12 years on mills who could set up a job in half the time I can. Now I do the first pass myself with a highlighter and only use the tool to check references and dates. The tradeoff is I lose a Sunday a month, but I stopped wondering what else it was quietly throwing in the trash. Anyone else here go back to reading resumes by hand after letting a model do it?