Beyond Keywords: Using LLMs to Actually Understand Resumes

Part 3 of 5 in the HR Helper Blog Series The Intelligence Gap Traditional CV screening systems are sophisticated pattern matchers. They excel at finding exact strings, Boolean combinations, and proximity matches. What they can’t do is understand. Consider this search: “Senior developer comfortable with modern cloud infrastructure” A keyword system would look for: “Senior” OR “Sr.” OR “Lead” “Developer” OR “Engineer” OR “Programmer” “Cloud” AND (“AWS” OR “Azure” OR “GCP”) But what about a candidate whose CV says: ...

September 5, 2025 · 9 min · 1839 words · Tech Blog Team