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Disclosure of whether applications were reviewed by a human

Submitted by sudo · Apr 1, 2026

User story

As a job seeker, I want to know whether my application was seen by a human reviewer before being rejected, so that I can understand whether I am being filtered out by automated screening and adjust my approach accordingly.

Description

Employers must disclose whether automated systems (ATS) were used to screen applications and, for rejected applications, whether a human ever reviewed the submission. This disclosure is surfaced directly in the applicant's application status view — not buried in terms of service.

Acceptance criteria

  1. Job listing must disclose in plain text whether applications are screened by automated systems before human review
  2. Rejection notifications state whether the rejection was automated or human-reviewed
  3. Applicants can request re-review of automated rejections within 7 days — employers must respond or the request is logged
  4. Platform publishes aggregate statistics on human vs automated review rates by employer
  5. Employers with >90% automated-only screening are flagged in their listing ("Applications are reviewed by automated screening only")
  6. ATS keyword filtering criteria must be disclosed on listings that use automated screening

Original request

ATS systems silently reject applications before any human sees them. Job seekers deserve to know if their resume was actually reviewed.
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