The Resume is Dead. You Just Haven’t Buried It Yet.
You know that moment in a horror movie when the hand shoots up from the grave? That’s the resume—outdated, ineffective, and somehow still clawing its way into your hiring process.
Let’s be honest: nobody’s impressed by a Word doc in 12‑pt Times New Roman with a generic “objective” slapped on top. Not students—and especially not the ones who actually want to work. And yet, here we are—still asking 19‑year‑olds to “upload a resume” for a single 3‑hour event shift.
Here’s the kicker: about 250 people apply for each corporate job on average. Over 80% of resumes never make it past the first ATS screening, and only 10% even reach a human recruiter. Most hiring managers skim them for just 6–7 seconds before moving on. And fewer than 3% of resumes result in an interview.
So if you're screening with resumes, you're likely missing 7 out of 10 decent candidates before they even hit the human eye.
What does a GPA or a bulleted “responsible for inventory” reveal about their hustle, adaptability, or customer service when the venue goes sideways? Spoiler: almost nothing.
Worse? AI-generated resumes are flooding the system—LinkedIn reports a 45% jump in applications over the past year, averaging 11,000 submissions per minute. Recruiters are drowning, and the “spam storm” is burying real people. The system is broken.
This isn’t you hating on students. It’s hating on lazy processes that pretend paper matters more than people.
Enter Stunio. We nixed the resume—on purpose.
Instead, our algorithm matches based on real-time data:
Who’s nearby
Who’s available
Who’s done similar shifts
Who’s likely to say yes and actually show
No resumes. No endless job-board scrolls. No ghost town applications.
Match them to a shift—and let them earn it. Showing up, adapting, doing the job. That tells you way more than bullet points ever could.
We’re not anti-structure—we’re anti-waste. There’s a reason companies now rely on skill assessments and personality tests—76% use them, and they can cut hiring time in half and reduce interviews by 80%. But that still requires resumes as a foot in the door.
With Stunio, the door’s open immediately. Match. Work. Done.
So yeah, print out that fancy resume if it makes you feel accomplished. Frame it even. Just know this: you could’ve already hired someone today—resume optional.
Now go ahead—light that resume on fire and never look back.
