By Laura DeCarlo, CDI President
No matter how close your client’s qualifications are to the requirements listed in an employment advertisement, he still may still not get the interview. Many companies are now relying on scanning technology to read resumes or are requiring that your clients e-mail their resumes to them. Not knowing how to make client resumes compatible with these technologies may be a deciding factor in whether or not your clients are getting to the interview.
How does it work? A company receives a resume and it is scanned into their database. When the company has a position that needs to be filled, a list of keywords or phrases are entered into the database. These words or phrases may include the main characteristics, experience and/or education desired for the position. The resumes that match these keywords and/or phrases are then made available to the employer in order of the most matches. Obviously, the more matches a resume contains, the better.
What can you do to make client resumes meet the need of all this technology? Here is an overview of what you should and shouldn’t do to have a scanner or e-mail friendly resume.
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