This CEO wants to kill the résumé

Sun, 03/03/2024 - 06:58

Two men chat at a job fair — Finding a job often involves using a résumé. Advocates say there are better approaches.
Alex Slitz/Associated Press

Khyati Sundaram, CEO of Applied, doesn't think the résumé should be central to getting hired.
Applied and other companies use skills tests to determine who's a good fit for a job.
Other companies also use tests to find candidates who might not have traditional qualifications.

For about eight months in 2018, Khyati Sundaram spent much of her day at a desk in a corner of her London flat, applying for jobs.

Sundaram had attended top universities in the UK and the US. She had an MBA, JPMorgan on her résumé, and had run a startup for six years. Yet after pumping out more than 500 applications, Sundaram had landed only a few dead-end interviews.