The company behind the world’s biggest employment portal says it has a solution to the labor shortage that's gripping the United States: getting rid of the traditional resume.
Despite the acute need for workers, "the hiring process is still resumes, sending resumes, checking resumes,” said Hisayuki "Deko” Idekoba, chief executive officer of Japan’s Recruit Holdings Co., which runs Indeed.com and Glassdoor. "This is a great opportunity for us to move forward from old-school, incumbent resume-profile culture to asking: What can you do?”
The U.S. is set to enter the tightest job market since the 1950s according to one estimate, and employers are struggling to fill both white- and blue-collar positions as job seekers re-evaluate their priorities post-pandemic.