Do Not Finalise Your Resume Without Doing This

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id="23ae">Here are the aspects which shocked me as a first-time reader, wherein ATS won’t be able to detect the matter properly.</p><ul><li>ATS searches for keywords in the job description and tries to match them with the resume for an exact match. Synonyms wouldn’t be considered</li><li>Avoid text boxes, tables, and graphs, ATS won’t recognize them</li><li>ATS reads top to bottom and left to right, so keep it simple, plain & straight</li><li>Any information in Headers / Footers won’t be recognized. Some word resume templates have the name in the header — who would be read as a nameless resume</li><li>If you have 3–4 words in your name, looks like ATS picks up the first & last</li><li>Some ATS cannot recognize another form of the same keyword. Eg. Manage vs Managed, Analyze vs Analyzed, credit rating vs credit scoring, etc.</li><li>The job description will have keywords that might have been repeated 4–5 times but may appear in the resume only 1 time, which will impact the score</li></ul><h2 id="dc69">How to beat the villain — the ATS</h2><p id="55bf">You simply need to follow these below points to improve your resume:</p><ol><li>Firstly, ensure all points mentioned in the previous section are tackled</li><li>Prepare your resume individually by adding relevant keywords from the job description, only if it actually matches your actual work experience</li><li>Build your resume through LinkedIn Resume Builder or through templates such as <a href="http://Cultivatedculture.com">Cultivatedculture.com</a></li><li>Take support from AI-based websites such as — <a href="http://jobscan.co">jobscan.co</a>, <a href="http://resumeworded.com">resumeworded.com</a>, and various word cloud generators to allow decode your resume</li><li>Watch LinkedIn training courses choosing 1 month free option, as to how to build a resume</li></ol><p id="6f1e">It’s wise to make proper your CV before applying to various job opportunities online, if you would want your profile to reach the recruiter. So, work on resume with the above tips folks and I ensure you that your penetration among the lot would be better.</p><p id="082d"><i>If you enjoy reading my work and want to support me as a writer, consider signing up to become a Medium member. It’s $5 a month, giving you unlimited access to stories on Medium. If you sign up using <a href="/@animn/membership">my link</a>, I’ll earn a small commission and <b>you would have made my day</b>!</i></p><p id="43b8"><i>If you like my work,</i> <a href="https://ko-fi.com/U7U3BOL6U">please would you buy me a Ko-fi</a></p><div id="394d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/@animn/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - Animn Bharadwaj</h2> <div><h3>Read every story from Animn and thousands of other writers on Medium Your membership fee directly suppo

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Do not finalise your resume without doing this

Folks, I have been busy searching for jobs for the past many months and was worried that I have not received a single call. I was wondering if any recruiter actually visited to view my resume in the different job portals I posted. When I was researching about the same, I realized that there exists a strong wall that is filtering out my resume to be thrown out into nowhere, even before it reaches the recruiter’s eyes.

On LinkedIn, on an average basis, I could see >200 applicants applying for various jobs within 15 hours. Of course, depends on the position, profile, location, etc. So, out of this high volume of applications how will LinkedIn (or any job portal) algorithm come out with a specific ranking to recommend candidates?

Behold the Villain — the Application Tracking System (ATS)

What is ATS and what went wrong with it ?

ATS posts jobs, screens resumes and supports the employer a lot in hiring. HR cannot go through piles of resumes to cherry pick the right talent fit for the job and hence arises the need for ATS. These include iCIMS, Taleo, Jobvite, etc.

Question in your mind — Aren’t such support systems there to help the employer and bridge that gap to easily pick the best suitable employee ? Why do we call this support system as the villain ?

Here comes the point. I’m all okay with the ATS except for its inept handling of screening resumes. Every technology has to reach a maturity level before it is implemented in the real world, else disasters are bound to happen like this one — top-10-massive-failures-of-artificial-intelligence-till-date

How does it become a job seeker’s nightmare?

ATS neither understands potential nor creativity. You may be a professional showcasing your experience through a modern resume style, but what’s the use if the ATS stops your resume like a security guard right at the gate. Ultimately, we want a resume that is professional, attractive as well as informative.

ATS is all a game of keywords and pre-defined rules

Here are the aspects which shocked me as a first-time reader, wherein ATS won’t be able to detect the matter properly.

ATS searches for keywords in the job description and tries to match them with the resume for an exact match. Synonyms wouldn’t be considered

Avoid text boxes, tables, and graphs, ATS won’t recognize them

ATS reads top to bottom and left to right, so keep it simple, plain & straight

Any information in Headers / Footers won’t be recognized. Some word resume templates have the name in the header — who would be read as a nameless resume

If you have 3–4 words in your name, looks like ATS picks up the first & last

Some ATS cannot recognize another form of the same keyword. Eg. Manage vs Managed, Analyze vs Analyzed, credit rating vs credit scoring, etc.

The job description will have keywords that might have been repeated 4–5 times but may appear in the resume only 1 time, which will impact the score

How to beat the villain — the ATS

You simply need to follow these below points to improve your resume:

Firstly, ensure all points mentioned in the previous section are tackled

Prepare your resume individually by adding relevant keywords from the job description, only if it actually matches your actual work experience

Build your resume through LinkedIn Resume Builder or through templates such as Cultivatedculture.com

Take support from AI-based websites such as — jobscan.co, resumeworded.com, and various word cloud generators to allow decode your resume

Watch LinkedIn training courses choosing 1 month free option, as to how to build a resume

It’s wise to make proper your CV before applying to various job opportunities online, if you would want your profile to reach the recruiter. So, work on resume with the above tips folks and I ensure you that your penetration among the lot would be better.

If you enjoy reading my work and want to support me as a writer, consider signing up to become a Medium member. It’s $5 a month, giving you unlimited access to stories on Medium. If you sign up using my link, I’ll earn a small commission and you would have made my day!

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