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http://www.smartmoney.com/Personal-Finance/Employment/Did-You-Get-My-Resume/

Did You Get My Resume?

Google the phrases job hunt and black hole and you'll turn up 55,700 results. The reason for this confluence of terms, as any job hunter will tell you, is that applying for a position increasingly involves two phases.

Step one: Use the employer's online application center to submit your carefully crafted résumé and cover letter. Step two: Sit and wait until the sun burns out and your bones turn to dust.

Behind the awesome silence, of course, is the miracle of automated screening.

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Some outfits even survey their entire workforce to determine what experiences and hobbies are shared by their best players -- along with what their worst workers have in common. After that, it's "Let me hire someone more like Greg and less like Ted," says Greg Thompson, director of strategy for software maker SuccessFactors. Even if you've got a job, your boss could use the software to replace you with a clone who's willing to work for less.

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