Hire Art

While fixing up my resume and beginning the job search, I have gotten advice from multiple people saying to make even my smallest accomplishments or job duties seem bigger than they actually are. For example, one of my first jobs was at a mini golf place in my hometown. I basically worked at the cashier and sorted the mini golf balls and clubs. On my resume, however, I embellished it to make it seem like I was doing way more than I actually was doing. Somehow working at the cash register turned into this great form of customer service.

Companies seeking to hire have the difficult task now of sorting through resumes and determining the real job duties and accomplishments from those just trying to fill up space and fluff up the resume.

Three Yale graduates came up with the idea of Hire Art, which has the candidates actually do the job duties that the company looking to hire requires. or example, if an interview candidate claims to be an expert in Excel, an employer on HireArt might ask them to create an Excel model using a dataset they provide, then have them upload the completed file. Employers can choose from HireArt’s online library of predefined templates, or can optionally create their own. Candidates are typically asked to answer four or five questions that are catered specifically to the job. After, the employers can either grade it themselves or have it outsourced to a team that grades it. Then, the top performers can be called in for an interview. This is a way to filter out the candidates that look good on paper but cannot actually do the job duties required.