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Old 06-16-2011, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Chciago
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You hear people talk about how they have a scanner friendly resume. What exactly does that mean? I've heard comapneis have programs that scan resumes for keywords to as a way of automatically narrowing down on candidates before actually physically looking at resumes. How do companies do this, waht does it mean and what are some qualities of a scanner friendly resume?
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Old 06-16-2011, 07:46 PM
 
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When submitting your resume for employment, whether with a big corporation or a personnel search firm, the chances are growing that scanning technology will be used to read it. The technology responsible for computer-readable resumes operates on the principle of labeling. At the center of technology are keywords. Call them buzzwords. Call them descriptors. Call them skill words, or job words. Call them whatever you like.
A sample job order might require:
  • Five years' experience as a salesperson
  • College graduate
  • A direct marketer to ethnic communities
  • Heavy travel
  • Self-starter
  • Team leader
Scanner-Friendly Resumes : Career Services : UMass Lowell
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Old 06-16-2011, 08:25 PM
 
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Scannable means that you use characters that the software can read. This means:

--a universal font. Either Times New Roman or Arial. Size 10 font only.
--No bold, underline, italics, or bullet points. If you want to emphasize information use capital letters. To deemphasize, use tabs and dashes.
--Left alignment only.

Of course then you want to be sure to use the keywords mentioned in the job ad (but don't copy the ad wording verbatim)--but if you don't use the above formatting, it doesn't matter what words you use, they won't be read.
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