# Find the Perfect Candidate by Filtering and Processing Resumes

> Watch Kognitos summarize resumes from email — across mixed layouts and typos — into a recruiter-ready CSV using OCR + GPT, all in plain English.

**Page**: https://www.kognitos.com/videos/find-the-perfect-candidate-by-filtering-and-processing-resumes/
**Watch on YouTube**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMuKSXNLJgA
**Length**: 3m 57s

## What's in this video

A 4-minute HR-focused demo of how Kognitos automates the resume triage step that overstretched HR teams typically do by hand. The trigger is an inbound email with multiple resumes attached; the output is a CSV of 3-sentence summaries delivered straight to a recruiter.

## What Kognitos does

- **Email trigger**: the recruiter forwards or receives resumes (or pulls from a source like Indeed) and Kognitos picks them up.
- **Mixed format handling**: the demo deliberately uses resumes with different layouts, colors, placements, and even typos in titles — cases that traditionally throw exceptions in legacy RPA.
- **OCR + LLM under the hood**: the process is written in English; Kognitos chooses OCR or NLP automatically as needed, so no developer has to pick technologies upfront.
- **3-sentence summaries**: Kognitos asks the LLM to produce a concise summary for each resume. The summaries aren't templated — each one surfaces the candidate's most relevant experience, education, and stats.
- **CSV delivery**: the run packages summaries into a CSV emailed to the recruiter. The output can also be the email body, a different file format, or pushed directly into an HRIS — recruiter's choice.

## Why HR teams care

HR is often overloaded with high turnover, heavy resume volume, and onboarding/offboarding work. Kognitos lets a recruiter define the summarisation brief in English (and tighten it later if they want specific fields) without waiting for an RPA developer or NLP specialist. The same English process can handle resumes from Indeed, from email, from a referral inbox — anywhere they arrive.

## FAQs

**Q: What HR use case does this video automate?**

Resume triage — Kognitos receives a batch of resumes by email, summarises each one into three sentences, and emails the recruiter a CSV they can review quickly to shortlist candidates.


**Q: What if my resumes are in totally different layouts and have typos?**

That's exactly what the demo uses — resumes with mixed layouts, colors, placements, and typos in titles. Kognitos pairs OCR with an LLM-driven brain so layout and wording variance doesn't break the process.


**Q: Do I need a developer to choose between OCR and NLP for each step?**

No. The recruiter writes what they want in plain English (“summarise the resume in three sentences”) and Kognitos selects OCR, NLP, or both internally — no developer expertise required.


**Q: Can I customise the summary fields per role?**

Yes. The video calls out that you can be more specific in the English process — for example, requiring particular experience or education fields — and the output adapts without writing new code.