Re:Why are your friends more popular than you? (2013)
by ddebernardy on Friday August 05, 2016 @02:07AM
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Eye tracking study on the topic:
http://cdn.theladders.net/static/images/basicSite/pdfs/TheLa...
People typically read ~200-300 words per minute. 100 words is a lot more than what you end up reading on most CVs when you go through a pile. You basically scan a CV for a few seconds and move on to the next unless something caught your interest. When so you actually spend a few minutes reading the whole thing - bringing the average to, indeed, under 10s per CV. If HR did its job before sending CVs your way the average is much higher of course.
Humans move their eyes every few hundred milliseconds and you can only read a handful of words after each eye movement, so this suggests that they read about a hundred words total, and probably a lot less if you factor in "seeking" time (e.g., to find the section headings).