Change in advances per site · new + priorities vs old screener
The result, site by site
fewer advanced than old
more advanced than old
label shows old→new
Need 1 · highest urgency — takes Levels 1–3 +13 advance
Need 2 · takes Levels 1–2 -10 advance
Need 3 · pickiest — Level 1 only -48 advance
Need-1 sites barely move (+13 overall); the cut lands almost entirely on the pickiest Need-3 sites (−48), which take Level 1 only — exactly where the old screener was over-advancing.
569 NC applications · 6 weeks
What the new screener does with each old call
new level:
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Disqualify
Unable
Old: Not recommendreject
136
Old recommends split into real levels — and 40 get disqualified (caught). Old rejects stay rejected (132 disqualify). The 77-strong review pile gets resolved into clear levels.
The two questions · NC · 6 weeks
The answers
Q1 · recruiter time saved
39
interviews avoided — rejected candidates who'd been interviewed for ~0 hires
≈ 5 recruiter-hrs / week
Q2 · hires lost
1
hire lost, out of 46 real hires (2%)
one Level 2 at a pickiest site
Tested against everyone who actually signed an offer: the new screen would have advanced 45 of 46. Still needs the no-show + "no open case" gates — those are separate from screening.
AZ · n=210 · model→SF site match 100%
Arizona
advance rejectnumber = net (advance − reject)
Pass A RBT + ABA+36 advance
+36
Pass B 40-hr + childcare+111 advance
+111
Pass C 40-hr, thin+5 advance · −41 reject
-36
Disqualify hard fail−17 reject
-17
152 advance / 58 reject. Pass A/B all advance; the only credential cut is Pass C (−41). Healthy pipeline.
CO · n=42 · model→SF site match 100%
Colorado
advance rejectnumber = net (advance − reject)
Pass A RBT + ABA+19 advance
+19
Pass B 40-hr + childcare+2 advance
+2
Disqualify hard fail−21 reject
-21
21 advance / 21 reject. Pass A/B all advance; the 21 rejects are all Disqualify.
NM · n=15 · model→SF site match 100%
New Mexico
advance rejectnumber = net (advance − reject)
Pass A RBT + ABA+1 advance
+1
Pass B 40-hr + childcare+1 advance · −1 reject
0
Pass C 40-hr, thin−7 reject
-7
Disqualify hard fail−3 reject
-3
2 advance / 11 reject / 2 review. Thin and low — almost all Pass C reject or Disqualify; only 2 advance.