By specialism
Every desk screens differently.
A backend role turns on stack depth and how recently it was used. A compliance role turns on which regime, and whether the reference is current. Same product, different rubric — because the rubric is built from your job description, not from ours.
Where the pile is the problem
A role can draw two hundred applications, and the only question is which twenty are worth reading.
Technology & Engineering
Two hundred applicants for one backend role, most of them keyword-matched and none of them read.
Stack depth vs. exposure · Years per language · Domain background
How it screensFinance & Accounting
Qualifications and regulatory status decide the shortlist, and both are buried on page three.
ACA / ACCA / CIMA · Regulated experience · Systems (SAP, Oracle, Xero)
How it screensHealthcare & Life Sciences
Registration, compliance and shift availability gate everything — and a miss wastes a whole placement.
NMC / GMC / HCPC · Specialism and banding · DBS status
How it screensLegal
PQE and practice area are non-negotiable, so most of the pile is a no before anyone reads it.
PQE · Practice area · Qualifying jurisdiction
How it screensSales & Marketing
Every CV claims target overachievement. Almost none of them evidence it.
Quota and attainment · Deal size and cycle · Sector sold into
How it screensIndustrial & Logistics
High volume, fast turnaround, and tickets and certificates that must be checked one by one.
Licences and tickets · Shift pattern · Commutable distance
How it screensConstruction & Property
Cards, tickets and project types decide fit, and they are scattered across every CV differently.
CSCS / SMSTS / NVQ · Project types and values · Contract vs. permanent
How it screensWhere the defence is the problem
Lower volume, higher stakes. The hard part is not reading the list — it is showing how it was reached.
The offer
Your desk, your rubric.
The criteria come out of the job description you paste in, so the first role you screen is scored on what that role actually needs — not on a template for your sector.
- 1Twenty minutesYou bring one live hiring workflow and the real inputs it uses. We look at it together—no deck or discovery questionnaire.
- 2Set up on the callWe configure the module you intend to buy and run the first real step with you while you watch.
- 3Then 7 days aloneYour team runs it on live work and judges the outcome you agreed upfront—not anything we said.