Tag Archives: ATS

Fool the ATS

Posted on January 19, 2011 by in ATS, Recruiting

How’s this for too much of a good thing? In her former position as director of teacher recruitment for the New York City Department of Education’s 1,600 schools, Tracy Brisson and her staff on a yearly basis handled some 13,000 resumes generated from the Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Even with sophisticated ATS technologies, recruiters still [...]

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The 24-Step Modern Resume

Posted on September 13, 2010 by in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing

Resume Checklist: Follow these best practices to ensure your resume gets through the spam filter, applicant tracking system, and to the recruiters and hiring managers. Read the full story.

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How to Reapply After a Rejection

Posted on June 23, 2010 by in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing

Don’t give up! Here’s how to tweak your resume and try again.

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Making Your Resume Format Machine-Friendly

Posted on February 22, 2010 by in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing

I wrote this last spring but need to get it on my blog because I keep referring to it and have to keep tracking down the URL! Click here if you didn’t catch the package in the first go-round. It covers how to format a resume so that the software that recruiters use to store [...]

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Top Resume Mistakes

Posted on February 15, 2010 by in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing

I interviewed HR managers to find out which resume mistakes they see over and over again and how to avoid them. Click on through for the checklist I came up with to make sure your resume isn’t one of the clunkers.

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Customize Your Resume for That Plum Job

Posted on February 2, 2010 by in Resume writing

With resumes, there’s no such thing as one size fits all; know where, how and why to tweak, advises resume pro Steve Burdan. Check out the full story here.

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How Verbs Make Your Resume Sizzle

Posted on February 2, 2010 by in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing

Your resume’s verbs can limp across the document and put hiring managers to sleep, or they can grab a recruiter by the throat, inspiring him to reach for the phone to schedule an interview. Lunge for the full story and devour it here.

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Getting Your Cover Letter Noticed

Posted on December 30, 2009 by in Job Hunt Science

Understanding your cover letter’s electronic journey will give you an edge when matching wits with automated applicant tracking systems. This article gets into the ATS technology of how your cover letter gets parsed. To read the full article, click here, and for the accompanying article on TheLadders, which will keep you from making those lame [...]

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When Companies Merge, Do Resumes Fall Through the Cracks?

Posted on December 5, 2009 by in Clips, Job Hunt Science, Uncategorized

In an era of consolidation, hiring software collates every applicant’s resume. Read this story, which I wrote for The Ladders, to make sure you stay at the top of the pile.

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How to Write a Great Cover Letter

Posted on November 23, 2009 by in Clips, Job Hunt Science, Uncategorized

It’s so easy to blow it from the get-go. Here’s how: Open the letter with “Dear Sir or Madam.” Isn’t that great? You just told your potential employer that you’re too lazy to look for a hiring manager’s name. How about this approach instead: Do some due diligence. Find out some names, find out or [...]

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