{"id":628,"date":"2019-05-27T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T16:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bryanberg.net\/files\/?page_id=628"},"modified":"2024-02-04T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T18:02:53","slug":"your-recruiter-is-a-machine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bryanberg.net\/files\/portfolio-writing\/your-recruiter-is-a-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Recruiter is a Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_2_3 fusion-builder-column-0 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first 2_3\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:66.66%;width:calc(66.66% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6666 ) );margin-right: 4%;'><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:60px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-content-boxes-1 .heading .content-box-heading {color:#a0ce4e;}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .content-box-heading,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .heading-link .content-box-heading,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .content-box-heading,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .heading-link .content-box-heading,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more::after,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more::before,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .fusion-read-more:hover:after,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .fusion-read-more:hover:before,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .fusion-read-more:hover,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more::after,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more::before,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .icon .circle-no,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .heading .heading-link:hover .content-box-heading {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcolor: #a0ce4e;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .icon .circle-no {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcolor: #a0ce4e !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box.link-area-box-hover .fusion-content-box-button {background: #f97000;color: #ffffff;}.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box.link-area-box-hover .fusion-content-box-button .fusion-button-text {color: #ffffff;}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon > span {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #a0ce4e !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon > span {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #a0ce4e !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"heading icon-left\"><h1 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:23px;\">Your Recruiter is a Machine<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"color:#747474;\">\n<h2>Why you need to prepare your resume for applicant tracking systems today<\/h2>\n<p>Originally appearing as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/atlantalatinos.com\/ats-para-empleo\/\">ATS para Empleo<\/a>&#8221; in AtlantaLatinos.com for the University of West Georgia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Most large companies screen applicant resumes with advanced, algorithm-based software systems before human eyes ever see them. These Automated Tracking Systems filter potential applicants based on desired criteria for the position with most resumes going no further in the process.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Resumes formatted simply and customized with keywords to match each individual job call have a higher chance of getting past ATS and moving to a recruiter or hiring manager.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Are you searching for your next career? Chances are good that the first \u201chiring manager\u201d to see your resume won\u2019t be a human at all, but rather an Applicant Tracking System or ATS.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use of these machine learning systems to sort resumes has grown enormously over the past few years. According to a 2018 report by Jobscan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobscan.co\/blog\/fortune-500-use-applicant-tracking-systems\/\">98 percent of Fortune 500 companies now use ATS<\/a> while two-thirds of large companies overall use these systems.<\/p>\n<p>What is ATS?<\/p>\n<p>Any time you submit a job application online, or attach a resume file to upload or email to a prospective employer, the hiring department may use an ATS system to scan your resume. With hundreds or even thousands of applicants, the system saves time and resources by intelligently sorting unqualified applicants from those chosen for a potential interview.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ana Stanescu, assistant professor of computer science at the University of West Georgia, has researched algorithm development for such complex, machine learning systems. She says that tailoring your resume to each specific job call is more important than ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese systems look for keywords on a resume to ensure the applicant matches the desired qualifications,\u201d Stanescu explains. \u201cBut picking out keywords is not all they do. The systems also use big data to learn from the history of past hires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For instance, large companies may use ATS to analyze the resumes of their most successful employees, seeking similar backgrounds or interests among current applicants. Biases such as age, race, or gender preference can be mitigated since the system sorts candidates long before human contact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-634 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bryanberg.net\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/ats2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with Digital Background\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bryanberg.net\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/ats2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bryanberg.net\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/ats2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bryanberg.net\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/ats2-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bryanberg.net\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/ats2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In this way, ATS serves as a highly effective gate-keeper who never has a bad day and never needs a coffee break. Your job as an applicant is to get past this gatekeeper, and that requires taking certain steps to ensure your resume is ATS-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Duane Yoder, associate professor of computer science at UWG, recommends keeping your resume simple and organized so that the system can read it. The days of fancy templates and showing off graphic design skills on your resume are largely gone in favor of consistent use of headings, bullet points, standard fonts and no graphics.<\/p>\n<p>While it may seem tempting to save time and play the numbers game by firing duplicate resumes to multiple employers, ATS will likely weed such generic resumes out faster than you can hit the \u201cSEND\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery company can customize the distinct words and phrases they want their ATS to key in on,\u201d Yoder says.<\/p>\n<p>He advises that very generic sections such as \u201cCareer Goals\u201d or \u201cCareer Objectives\u201d should be avoided in favor of more specific skill-sets you add based on the specific language of the job call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListing skills such as \u2018excellent team player\u2019 or \u2018great communication skills\u2019 generally won\u2019t mean much to an ATS,\u201d Yoder says. \u201cThese are skills that you can present or that will come across in your interview, but you have to get there first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Building a resume that gets you noticed for that first interview is a big part of what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westga.edu\/student-services\/careerservices\/\">career services at UWG<\/a> is trained to help you do.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Houston, career development specialist at UWG, has hands-on experience of what employers are looking for in a resume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continually work with employers to find out what they want in an applicant resume,\u201d Houston says.<\/p>\n<p>He recommends customizing each resume based on the prospective employer and job call in order to make it past the ATS screening, and the terminology sought for can be very specific based on company culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir job call may ask for \u2018customer relations\u2019 while you have \u2018customer service\u2019 on your resume,\u201d Houston explains. \u201cThose terms may seem like the same idea in principle, but the company has made a distinction. You want to match their language precisely or your resume may be passed over by the ATS algorithm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an additional challenge, companies don\u2019t necessarily mention every keyword or phrase their ATS software is programmed to seek, so you want to investigate the company carefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are applying for a director position, the job call won\u2019t necessarily list the full scope of the position,\u201d Houston says. \u201cThis is one reason why it is important to thoroughly understand and research the position before applying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Yoder in computer science, Houston suggests avoiding nonspecific sections in your resume such as \u201cCareer Goals.\u201d Rather, he advises an opening section such as \u201cCareer Profile\u201d or \u201cExecutive Summary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis section serves as a miniature cover letter where you showcase skills that may not be listed in your experiences,\u201d Houston says. \u201cIt\u2019s the first thing a manager will see after it\u2019s gone through ATS, and you need to capture their attention immediately. It\u2019s a good place to feature your soft or transferable skills whereas the body of the resume focuses on specific, technical skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Career services at UWG does more than help with resumes. They provide job and internship services, mock interviews, job fair assistance and graduate school preparation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about career services, contact &#99;&#x61;&#x72;&#101;&#x65;&#x72;&#115;&#x40;&#x77;&#101;&#x73;&#x74;&#103;&#x61;&#x2e;&#101;&#x64;&#x75;. 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