Screening · Treetop NC

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: Recommendadvance

162

113

30

40

349

Old: Not recommendreject

132

136

Old: Reviewunsure

33

15

17

77

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.

Advance count per site · old screener vs new + priorities

The result, site by site

old screener advanced new + priorities

Need 1 · highest urgency — takes Levels 1–3 121 → 134 advance

Pinehurst

23

26

Raeford

21

19

Winston-Salem

22

Aberdeen

13

12

Mocksville

4

8

Mount Airy

9

10

+9 smaller

29

37

Need 2 · takes Levels 1–2 136 → 126 advance

Charlotte

84

79

Durham

13

11

Kannapolis

14

Sanford

12

11

+4 smaller

13

11

Need 3 · pickiest — Level 1 only 92 → 44 advance

Greensboro

21

12

Wilmington

19

8

Jacksonville

13

9

Cape Fear

10

4

Newton Grove

8

1

+3 smaller

21

10

Same applicants, gate set by each site's need. Need-1 sites barely move (121→134); the tightening lands on the pickiest Need-3 sites (92→44), which take Level 1 only.

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.