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Notes on hiring at volume

What we learned building CV screening and AI interviews for Bangladeshi employers — written from our own data, with the sample sizes stated.

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AI in hiring

Why an AI should never reject anyone by itself

A CV score is evidence, not a decision. What an AI genuinely cannot see in a CV, and why a person should press the button.

21 September 2026 · 6 min read
Our own data

We scored 78 real CVs — only a third cleared the bar

Median score 38 out of 100, and 35% at 48 or above. The real distribution from 78 CVs across six jobs, with the sample stated plainly.

21 September 2026 · 7 min read
Cost of hiring

What it actually costs to hire one person in Bangladesh

Job posting prices, measured screening costs, and the one line item only you can price. A worked breakdown rather than a borrowed average.

21 September 2026 · 7 min read
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
AI in hiring

What AI screening can and cannot judge from a CV

Six dimensions, what each one reads, which actually separate candidates, and the three things no parser sees. With our own numbers.

21 September 2026 · 7 min read
Practical

A job description template that produces better candidates

Nine parts, the reasoning behind each, and a worked before-and-after of the requirements list — the part that does all the filtering.

21 September 2026 · 6 min read
Cost of hiring

The hidden cost of a bad hire

Why the famous multipliers do not transfer, which two components you can price from your own records, and the one-hour self-audit.

21 September 2026 · 7 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
AI in hiring

Six things to demand from an AI hiring vendor before you sign

Retention, export, deletion, what happens at a limit, what is metered, and who can see your candidates. With our own answers.

21 September 2026 · 8 min read
Practical

Turning "we want a good analyst" into scoring weights

Six dimensions, three real weightings side by side, and why weighting achievement heavily can measure CV writing instead of ability.

21 September 2026 · 7 min read
Cost of hiring

Cost per hire vs cost per screen — the two numbers HR confuses

They used to move together and no longer do. What each contains, the trap that sets, and what to measure instead.

21 September 2026 · 6 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
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