[Verse 1]
Sarah's got a stellar background, coding since she was ten
Built amazing applications, but her resume's rejected again
The robot screener's looking for the magic words to find
Seventy-five percent get filtered before a human mind
[Chorus]
It's the hiring bottleneck, slowing business down
Keywords, screens, and theater keeping talent from your town
Process bloat and gatekeeping, credentials over skill
The hiring bottleneck's got your pipeline standing still
[Verse 2]
Phone screen, HR meeting, panel interview day three
Case study presentation, culture fit's the final key
Eight weeks of endless waiting while the best ones walk away
Your competitors are hiring while you're stuck in process delay
[Chorus]
It's the hiring bottleneck, slowing business down
Keywords, screens, and theater keeping talent from your town
Process bloat and gatekeeping, credentials over skill
The hiring bottleneck's got your pipeline standing still
[Bridge]
They're testing for small talk and where you went to school
Not if you can solve problems or master every tool
Degrees and years of experience, certificates on the wall
While capable self-taught builders never get the call
[Verse 3]
Marcus learned through bootcamps, built his skills from scratch
But the system wants four years and a diploma to match
The ATS won't see his portfolio of brilliant work
'Cause he formatted wrong and used a different quirk
[Chorus]
It's the hiring bottleneck, slowing business down
Keywords, screens, and theater keeping talent from your town
Process bloat and gatekeeping, credentials over skill
The hiring bottleneck's got your pipeline standing still
[Outro]
While businesses are struggling and positions stay unfilled
The hiring bottleneck keeps rolling, talent dreams are killed
Keywords, screens, and theater, process bloat and gates
The bottleneck keeps flowing while opportunity waits