What do resume books do?

bump

usually BS

If your school has a bunch of alumni or recruits often at a certain place having this book makes it easier to cut through the BS of having to actually recruit in person. They can just email a few people from the resume book if they have (upcoming) open positions, hit them up for interviews and fast track the process. Sometimes you wont even have to do technicals as people can vouch for you. Also, sometimes people will reach out to you well before the actual recruitment process occurs for advanced interviews or remind you to apply in the first place. I do find however that it's smaller firms with untraditional recruitment processes, less popular firms but still very reputable firms, or popular firms with "elite" desks that do this.