In today's video, I want to share with you one specific tip that you can implement that's
going to increase the odds.
Your resume's going to be noticed and that you will be called in for an interview if
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My name is bill Benoist.
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Often talk about applicant tracking systems and my videos and essentially an applicant
tracking system.
It's a piece of software that will process the resume and essentially automate the hiring
process.
And what it mean by this is that your resume is submitted to a company and if that company
is using an applicant tracking system, the resume is uploaded into this ATS, the information
from the resume is parsed out and put into various database fields.
Now also within the applicant tracking system will be the job description itself and the
work of the applicant tracking system is to match automatically without the um, human
being interface.
The applicant tracking system.
We'll take the resume and it will match it to the job description and what are they matching
it on through matching them on keywords.
And here is the downfall of the applicant tracking system.
Although it works great, it's a great, you know, tool for processing resumes.
And it could even, like I say, automate the hiring process.
It can send a automated emails that Hey, we've received your resume, somebody will be in
contact with you soon.
It will store cover letters, it will um, store other documentations.
A hiring manager can use it to schedule interviews.
They can even schedule online tech tests through an applicant tracking system that the downside
of the applicant tracking system is just this and that is it matches their resume to the
job description based upon keywords.
So you could be a great candidate but no one will ever know that if you have the wrong
keywords in place on your resume.
And the applicant tracking system is ranking at a lot lower than say some of the other
individuals who you may actually be a better fit for.
So keywords are important and one of the primary keywords and something that I see applicants
missing this all the time and that is the job title itself.
So what do I mean by this?
Let's say you are a web developer and you were applying for a front end developer position.
You have all the skills necessary for the front end developer position, which is essentially
a web developer, but you don't use the title front end developer on your resume.
Then again, your ATS, the resume that's uploaded to it may not be ranked as high because it
doesn't see that word front end developer on your resume.
So something that I will recommend to all the clients that I work with is to have a
little area right above the right at the top of their resume, below their information or
their name and their email address and their phone number.
But above the save professional summary or professional profile just in that little area
of the very top up there have a spot for the job title that you're applying for and you
can just have it front and center.
It could be a y'know size 11 size 12 font, but if you're applying for let's say the a
position that it's a front end developer, then make sure you have front end developer
in that area for the job title and then the next position that you're applying for.
Maybe it's a software engineer thing, you might then you want to make sure that you
have software engineer in that area.
If after that you're applying for something that says web developer at that you're going
to have the web developer in this.
I see so many clients of mine that will miss this mark and this is one of the most important
things that you can do because the latest statistics show that over 90% of large companies
are using applicant tracking systems, but here's the deal.
They're becoming less and less expensive.
So now you have 35% of small to medium size firms that are using them as well.
Your resume may never be seen by human being in the beginning, and you want to make sure
that that ATSC ranks you so you can be pulled by the recruiter or the hiring manager and
called in for an interview.
So I hope you found this video informative and useful.
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Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing you in the next video.