Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern
Virtual, on Google Meet. The link is emailed after you register.
Bring a laptop, your resume, your phone and one job posting you want.
A corporate job posting pulls hundreds of applications. Software scores and ranks every single one. Then a recruiter opens the top of that list, and in practice that is a handful of people.
Everyone else was never rejected by a person. They were ranked below the fold, by a program, and they never found out.
If that has been happening to you, you are not failing a test. 88% of employers say their own screening software rejects qualified candidates. For middle-skill roles it is 94%. Harvard Business School estimates 27 million people in this country are locked out of work this way.
And the clock matters right now. Seasonal hiring plans are down 23% from last year, more people are applying for fewer roles, and professional hiring goes quiet from around Thanksgiving until mid-January. The next six weeks are the last real window of this hiring year.
This is a working lab, not a lecture. In three hours you will see exactly what happens to your application after you hit submit, fix your resume against a real screen while you are in the room, and answer an AI interviewer out loud before one decides your next job.
Taught by someone who configured these systems from the employer side, inside HR, and then crossed the table.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Section 1. What happens after you hit submit. One real job posting, followed start to finish: the parse, the knockout questions, the keyword match, the score, and the exact points where strong candidates disappear. You leave with a one-page diagnosis of your own search and the order to fix it in.
Section 2. Watch your own resume get rejected, then fix it. You will see what the software reads versus what you designed. Then you fix it and test it against a real screen before you leave, and watch the score change. You leave with a resume that passed.
Section 3. The interview that is not a person. 63% of US job seekers have now been interviewed by AI, up 13% in six months. Over half were ghosted afterward. You will learn what these interviews actually score, then record two answers on your phone and watch your own first take. You leave having done it once already.
WHAT YOU LEAVE HOLDING
A resume tested against a real screen, built on what employers and recruiters actually look for. Two interview answers you have said out loud. A one-page diagnosis of your own search. A LinkedIn checklist and the framing for a work gap or a career change.
WHO THIS IS FOR
People job searching now. People changing careers. People returning to work after time away. People who do the hiring at their own company and want to know what their system is throwing away. No technical background needed.
WHAT TO BRING
A laptop. Your current resume as a Word file or PDF. Your phone, charged. One job posting you actually want. You will work on it in the room.
THE DETAILS
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern
Where: Virtual, on Google Meet. The link is emailed after you register.
Seats: 20. This is a working lab, so the room stays small.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Angie Cacica is the founder of NYDR Connect, a workforce technology company. She spent her career on the employer side of hiring, configuring the screening systems that decide who gets seen, and she now teaches the people those systems filter out, in English or entirely in Spanish. Her session at the 2026 Latino AI Summit drew 245 registrants and rated 4.76 out of 5. She teaches at Scarsdale Adult School, hosts The Hiring Table, and speaks on AI and hiring at the Latino AI Summit in November.
QUESTIONS
Do I need to be good with technology?
No. If you can open a document and record a video on your phone, you have everything you need.
I'm not actively applying right now. Is this still for me?
Yes. It is easier to fix your resume before you need it than after fifty applications go nowhere.
I hire for my company. Will this help me?
Yes. You will see your own screening process from the candidate's side, and what it may be throwing away.
Is there a Spanish session?
Write to angiecacica@nydrconnect.com to ask about the next session in Spanish.
The next six weeks are the last real window of this hiring year. Bring your resume. Leave with one that passed.
[Reserve your seat]
Sources: Harvard Business School and Accenture, Hidden Workers; Greenhouse via Fortune, May 2026; Challenger, Gray & Christmas via Marketplace, October 2026.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern
Virtual, on Google Meet. The link is emailed after you register.
Bring a laptop, your resume, your phone and one job posting you want.
A corporate job posting pulls hundreds of applications. Software scores and ranks every single one. Then a recruiter opens the top of that list, and in practice that is a handful of people.
Everyone else was never rejected by a person. They were ranked below the fold, by a program, and they never found out.
If that has been happening to you, you are not failing a test. 88% of employers say their own screening software rejects qualified candidates. For middle-skill roles it is 94%. Harvard Business School estimates 27 million people in this country are locked out of work this way.
And the clock matters right now. Seasonal hiring plans are down 23% from last year, more people are applying for fewer roles, and professional hiring goes quiet from around Thanksgiving until mid-January. The next six weeks are the last real window of this hiring year.
This is a working lab, not a lecture. In three hours you will see exactly what happens to your application after you hit submit, fix your resume against a real screen while you are in the room, and answer an AI interviewer out loud before one decides your next job.
Taught by someone who configured these systems from the employer side, inside HR, and then crossed the table.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Section 1. What happens after you hit submit. One real job posting, followed start to finish: the parse, the knockout questions, the keyword match, the score, and the exact points where strong candidates disappear. You leave with a one-page diagnosis of your own search and the order to fix it in.
Section 2. Watch your own resume get rejected, then fix it. You will see what the software reads versus what you designed. Then you fix it and test it against a real screen before you leave, and watch the score change. You leave with a resume that passed.
Section 3. The interview that is not a person. 63% of US job seekers have now been interviewed by AI, up 13% in six months. Over half were ghosted afterward. You will learn what these interviews actually score, then record two answers on your phone and watch your own first take. You leave having done it once already.
WHAT YOU LEAVE HOLDING
A resume tested against a real screen, built on what employers and recruiters actually look for. Two interview answers you have said out loud. A one-page diagnosis of your own search. A LinkedIn checklist and the framing for a work gap or a career change.
WHO THIS IS FOR
People job searching now. People changing careers. People returning to work after time away. People who do the hiring at their own company and want to know what their system is throwing away. No technical background needed.
WHAT TO BRING
A laptop. Your current resume as a Word file or PDF. Your phone, charged. One job posting you actually want. You will work on it in the room.
THE DETAILS
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern
Where: Virtual, on Google Meet. The link is emailed after you register.
Seats: 20. This is a working lab, so the room stays small.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Angie Cacica is the founder of NYDR Connect, a workforce technology company. She spent her career on the employer side of hiring, configuring the screening systems that decide who gets seen, and she now teaches the people those systems filter out, in English or entirely in Spanish. Her session at the 2026 Latino AI Summit drew 245 registrants and rated 4.76 out of 5. She teaches at Scarsdale Adult School, hosts The Hiring Table, and speaks on AI and hiring at the Latino AI Summit in November.
QUESTIONS
Do I need to be good with technology?
No. If you can open a document and record a video on your phone, you have everything you need.
I'm not actively applying right now. Is this still for me?
Yes. It is easier to fix your resume before you need it than after fifty applications go nowhere.
I hire for my company. Will this help me?
Yes. You will see your own screening process from the candidate's side, and what it may be throwing away.
Is there a Spanish session?
Write to angiecacica@nydrconnect.com to ask about the next session in Spanish.
The next six weeks are the last real window of this hiring year. Bring your resume. Leave with one that passed.
[Reserve your seat]
Sources: Harvard Business School and Accenture, Hidden Workers; Greenhouse via Fortune, May 2026; Challenger, Gray & Christmas via Marketplace, October 2026.
