{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Recruiter Volume & Quota Incentive Distortion",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-001"
    ],
    "content": "# Recruiter Volume & Quota Incentive Distortion\n\nRecruiters optimize for pipeline velocity and superficial pattern-matching due to overwhelming applicant volume (500+ per req).\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `recruiter`\n- **Nature:** `incentive`\n- **Removability:** `intermediary`\n\n### Causal Relations\n- Amplifies `M-012` — Interview Resource & Scheduling Saturation\n- Masks `M-008` — Automated Keyword / Qualification Filter\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Does not mean recruiter is individually negligent; reflects structural capacity mismatch.",
    "id": "M-009",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "Recruiters optimize for pipeline velocity and superficial pattern-matching due to overwhelming applicant volume (500+ per req).",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-003",
      "B-004"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-001",
        "fidelity": "void",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-012",
        "fidelity": "noise",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "recruiter",
      "nature": "incentive",
      "visibility": "inferable",
      "removability": "intermediary"
    },
    "amplifies": [
      "M-012"
    ],
    "masks": [
      "M-008"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "ats",
        "label": "The queue the screen ran against",
        "context": "one requisition, one week",
        "lines": [
          {
            "at": "week 1",
            "text": "Applications received: 640",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "week 1",
            "text": "Recruiter screening capacity this week: 40",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "week 1",
            "text": "Median time spent per profile: 7 seconds",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "text": "Profiles advanced: 11",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "Seven seconds is not a judgement of a career. It is what a queue of 640 does to attention, whoever is holding it."
      }
    ],
    "non_inferences": [
      "Does not mean recruiter is individually negligent; reflects structural capacity mismatch."
    ]
  }
}