What you recognize
You post a vacancy and within a week dozens of resumes arrive. But who do you call first? You don't have a recruiter on staff, so you or a colleague in HR falls from one stack of applications to the next. Meanwhile, other tasks pile up.
Imagine: you're an HR manager at a manufacturing company with 80 employees. You receive 40 applications for a production worker position. Manually reviewing 40 resumes, assessing relevant work experience, checking MBO diplomas — that easily takes you a full workday.
What this costs you
| Activity | Time per vacancy | Costs per year (5 vacancies) |
|---|---|---|
| Manually reviewing resumes | 4–6 hours | €2,500–€3,750 |
| Sending initial selection emails | 1–2 hours | €625–€1,250 |
| Writing rejection emails | 1 hour | €312–€625 |
| Total | 6–9 hours per vacancy | €3,437–€5,625 |
How AI takes a different approach
AI screening works as a digital filtering step before you even open a single resume.
1. Automatic extraction: The AI reads each incoming resume and automatically extracts relevant information — education, work experience, skills, location.
2. Matching to your criteria: You set your selection criteria once (e.g., MBO+ diploma, minimum 2 years of production experience, resident in the region). The AI automatically ranks all candidates.
3. Shortlist ready in minutes: You open the tool and immediately see who your top 10 candidates are — with an explanation of why. The rest automatically receive a polite rejection email.
> Expert tip: Use AI as a first filter, but decide yourself who moves forward. GDPR also requires you to inform candidates that AI plays a role in your selection — this is easy to incorporate in your job posting.
What it delivers
How other HR managers in SMEs use this
An HR manager at a transport company in Brabant now processes an average of 30 applications per vacancy. Previously, that took her half a day; now she sees her shortlist within 10 minutes. She uses the freed-up time to approach candidates more personally — and her hiring quality has noticeably improved.
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