ATS Tools Reject Indian Resumes Due to Western Format Bias
Applicant tracking systems used by Indian employers are calibrated for Western resume formats and conventions, causing structurally sound resumes from Indian job seekers to be filtered out before human review. The mismatch between how Indian candidates present credentials and what ATS systems expect creates a systemic hiring barrier at scale. This affects millions of freshers entering a job market where the screening layer is miscalibrated to their context.
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