Today there are over 200 unique ATS software programs sold to improve the
hiring practices of companies. ATS software is proliferating. Almost all large
companies, many medium size companies, many recruiting firms and even many
small companies have purchased ATS software licenses in the hopes of
simplifying their work and saving hiring process costs.
The problem is the parsing software that “reads” a resume. Most parsing
software cannot read some resumes correctly … or at all. The software is written
by ATS providers, 3rd party companies and some is home-grown,
written by the hiring company itself.
Most people will tell you it is important to have the right key words in your resume. That is correct. ATS parsing software is looking for them. It is also important to use the key words in context. However, you can have all the right keywords, use them in context and still get rejected because of attributes caused by word processing features you have used to create the document that cause parsing difficulties. To make matters worse there are other document considerations to worry about as well.
Most people will tell you it is important to have the right key words in your resume. That is correct. ATS parsing software is looking for them. It is also important to use the key words in context. However, you can have all the right keywords, use them in context and still get rejected because of attributes caused by word processing features you have used to create the document that cause parsing difficulties. To make matters worse there are other document considerations to worry about as well.
Are key words the clue? Not alone. The problem
is not just whether the resume has the correct key words in it but those
elusive attributes that the resume contains.
Today there are over 200 unique ATS software programs sold to improve the
hiring practices of companies. ATS software is proliferating. Almost all large
companies, many medium size companies, many recruiting firms and even many
small companies have purchased ATS software licenses in the hopes of
simplifying their work and saving hiring process costs.
The problem is the
parsing software that “reads” a resume. Most parsing software cannot read some
resumes correctly … or at all. The software is written by ATS providers, 3rd
party companies and some is home-grown, written by the hiring company itself.
Each software is a little different.
Most people will tell you it is important to have the right key words in your resume. That is correct because ATS parsing software is looking for them. It is also important to use the key words in context. However, you can have all the right keywords, use them in context and still get rejected because of attributes caused by word processing features you have used to create the document. To make matters worse there are other considerations to worry about as well.
Most people will tell you it is important to have the right key words in your resume. That is correct because ATS parsing software is looking for them. It is also important to use the key words in context. However, you can have all the right keywords, use them in context and still get rejected because of attributes caused by word processing features you have used to create the document. To make matters worse there are other considerations to worry about as well.
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