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If you are applying for a job and read the entire posting, and it requires you need x years of experience or with a degree, then the jobseeker would need to be realistic about what ads they can apply to.
When attaching your resume to these online applications, be sure to copy the ENTIRE job description in the posting, paste it onto your resume, and then change the font color of the job description to white.
This way, the software will be able to pick up those keywords in your resume (especially if your resume and qualifications don't match the job description verbatim) so your resume is forwarded to a human being for review and it's not automatically dumped into that black hole where no one sees it by the software.
However, since the font color is white, the text of the job description you pasted into your resume won't actually be seen by the person reviewing it, or if someone were to print the resume.
I read that the keywords are highlighted on the recruiter's end, so even if you make the font white it still shows up as a big highlighted paragraph at the end of your resume and probably won't make a great impression. I think it would be better to incorporate those keywords throughout your resume.
I read that the keywords are highlighted on the recruiter's end, so even if you make the font white it still shows up as a big highlighted paragraph at the end of your resume and probably won't make a great impression. I think it would be better to incorporate those keywords throughout your resume.
I read that the keywords are highlighted on the recruiter's end...
You should always place an email "end stamp", like your sig, above the copied job description text. You should always do that in any "first email" so that people will know not to scroll down looking at blank space. Which can happen on some email readers because of a programming issue with pagination and scroll bars.
Forget any silly things like this. Just include the keywords as part of your resume. If they are actually skills you have, I'm sure you can put them somewhere. After a while of looking for the job you want, you should know what the important skills are and if you have them. There are many things that can break the tactic of placing "hidden" text in a resume. The resume could be displayed as plain text (thus removing white from the text formatting), the keywords could be highlighted, etc. Some printers may even print that white text!
I've never been employed for anything by applying on the internet, even when every single qualification matched mine verbatim on my resume, word for word, and at least half the job description, too. So that leads me to think there's no such effective way to get a job applying online with this silly software.
I've never been employed for anything by applying on the internet, even when every single qualification matched mine verbatim on my resume, word for word, and at least half the job description, too. So that leads me to think there's no such effective way to get a job applying online with this silly software.
You have to apply to jobs online that only require you to email your resume
The software takes the resume and imports all the text that is readable. Just look at the typical ATS system like Taleo.
If you submit you attach your resume, it parses it out and breaks out your employment history by year. Sometimes, it gets confused and puts your education or objective with your experience. Imagine if you had a complete job description in white text. When it parses it into the web template for editing, it would be in black text again.
The search engine isn't opening up each word document to search the terms and closing it. All the data is in Taleo's data fields.
Try it out today. Start looking for jobs at Fortune 500 companies and apply at any job position. Attach your resume and it will import your information for their searchable fields. You don't have to submit it. Stop the process short of submission.
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