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<p>Every place I have worked at, HR / recruiting office at the employer just forwards resumes to hiring managers, who then do the initial screening to determine which to bring to an interview. And, in any case, the hiring manager and all others interviewing the applicant review the resume before the interview. So the question of how a hiring manager will react (whether s/he will consider that to be unethical and (if so) how it will affect his/her treatment of the applicant or employee) is a valid one.</p>