Do you wish you could kick up your resumes with some graphic sass but don’t know quite how to start? Are you also worried that more visually distinctive elements will hurt your resumes with ATS? In this recording of a live Q&A session, Marie Plett offers you solutions, strategies, and ideas Read More >
Why You Should Stop Worrying About the ATS-Friendliness of Your Resume
If you’ve ever gotten career advice from a professional resume writer, career counselor, or through your own research about optimizing your resume, chances are you have heard about applicant tracking systems (ATS) and how they can derail your job search efforts. You’ve heard that companies screen candidates through these systems, Read More >
Is Your Resume Prepared for Electronic Eyes aka ATS?
If you don’t consider automated recruitment systems (aka applicant tracking systems) when sending out various online applications, it’s highly likely that your resume won’t be seen by human eyes. Many recruiters are now using electronic ATS (applicant tracking systems) to help them sort through an abundance of applications. So if Read More >
World of Resume Crafting: Beating the Applicant Tracking System
If Video Killed the Radio Star, then Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) killed human resources. Yes, it is a sad state of affairs when a database is the judge and jury of your knowledge, skills, and experience. Forget World of Warcraft or Call of Duty. Getting your resume past an Read More >
Resume vs. the ATS: 6 Top Intelligence Tools That Look Technology in the Eye
As a career practitioner and disciple of intelligence analysis, nothing boosts the adrenaline more than analyzing technology and how it influences recruitment. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): a big chunk of coaching time is dedicated to helping them understand this process. And it is a BIG data issue. Recruitment and Read More >
