How Your Resume Can Comply With Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) – Infographic
Most resumes will be reviewed and scanned by machines before they are read by people.
Many organizations use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to manage recruitment processes.
ATS’s can quickly screen resumes using keywords, skills, abilities, experience and qualifications.
To ensure that your resume passes the ATS, the guidelines to comply with are as follows:
- Use standard section headings such as work experience and education.
- Avoid using images, tables and columns on your resume.
- Include the keywords listed on the job posting but do not overstuff keywords.
- Provide context for the keywords that you use, highlight actual examples.
- Submit your resume as a Word document.
- If you submit as PDF, convert Word to PDF. Don’t submit a scanned PDF.
- Keep the number of fonts to a minimum.
- Spell check resume, misspelled words won’t be recognized by the system.
- Spell out acronyms in full and put the acronym in parenthesis.
- Avoid headers and footers on your resume.
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How Your Resume Can Comply With Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) - Infographic
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How Your Resume Can Comply With Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) – Infographic
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Duncan Muguku
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ThriveYard
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