What Color Is Your Parachute 2018 by Richard N. Bolles copy

looking for one thing: a reason—any reason—to eliminate you, so
they can cut that stack of resumes down to a manageable number for
face-to-face interviewing (say, three to eight). Surveys show it only
takes a skilled human resources person about eight seconds to scan a
resume (thirty seconds, if they’re really dawdling), so getting rid of
fifty job-hunters—I mean getting rid of fifty resumes—takes only
half an hour or less. Whereas, interviewing those fifty job-hunters in
person would have required a minimum of twenty-five hours. Great
time savings—for them! No wonder employers invented resumes!