How much time have you spent submitting your resume to online job postings and you have
absolutely nothing to show for it?
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As much as I encourage people to network to find the best jobs, sometimes there are instances
when you have to submit your resume online.
And if you apply for positions online, you need to know how to get past the applicant
tracking system, or ATS as they’re usually referred to.
Companies use applicant tracking systems to manage the hundreds of resumes that could
come through on just one job posting.
What this resume scanner software does is it parses out the keywords in the resume so
that when a recruiter is looking for specific keywords, or skills, they’ll be able to
locate the best candidates quickly.
The problem is, with this system the best candidate doesn’t always have enough keywords,
or the right keywords to get through this system.
But because applicant tracking systems save recruiters a lot of time in the hiring process,
they aren’t going away.
So, for this reason, it’s important that you optimize your resume so that you can get
it through the initial screening and ultimately in front of a pair of eyes.
And even if you’ve used a professional resume writer to write your resume, you still want
to tailor your resume and adjust keywords for each position you apply for.
So, there’s a really slick tool that’ll help you accomplish this, it’s called JobScan.
Let me show you how it can help you.
From your JobScan dashboard, what you do, is you paste the contents of your resume on
the left side and then you past the contents of the job description on the right side.
Click scan and then it’s going to compare the resume to the contents of the job posting
and give you a Match Rate.
And we’re looking for 80% so you can see that there’s still work to be done, but
JobScan is going to tell you exactly where to focus.
Any place where you don’t have a green checkmark is an area that you need to make a change.
So, for example, here in the Hard Skills section, Create Content is on the job description twice
but it’s not on the resume.
So that’s an example of where you would make changes, rescan, and then get to that
higher match rate.
This keyword functionality is really important but let me show you a few more really useful
features of JobScan.
I’m going to just click on this sample resume and job description and it’s scanning and
it gives us our match rate.
As you scroll down the results of this, you’re going to get a quick ATS Finding summary and
again, you’re looking for green checkmarks so we’re good on these various items.
You have the job title that matches, you’re okay on Education, and this is a really slick
feature of JobScan.
What you can do is enter the company that you are applying to, and the URL of the company,
and JobScan is able to identify which specific ATS system this company uses.
So, you can view the details and it’s going to give you even more information specific
to this company because there countless numbers of ATS systems and they all work basically
the same but they may have some unique types of data that they’re looking for, so this
feature alone is an awesome feature to have.
Because think of the people that aren’t using JobScan.
This will help you really get an edge with respect to getting your resume through that
system.
Then if you scroll on down, it gives you the Recruiter Findings.
So, once this in front of a pair of eyes then it’s going to tell you this resume is a
little bit too long, so you want to pay attention to that.
It gives you any negative phrases, in this case it’s “team player”.
“Team player” is really overused so it will give you those types of phrases that
may be in your resume but aren’t really going to help you out.
And then once you keep going it gives you feedback on page size, it also talks about
some really unique web presence or industry breadth content.
And if you’re not sure what any of these things mean, then you can click on this question
mark and it’s going to tell you exactly what they’re talking about and that will
help you build that into your resume.
And then we’re back to the hard skills.
Now JobScan is not only going to give you true feedback on how many times a keyword
is in the job description and how many times it’s in your resume so you can eliminate
as many x’s as you possible can, but another thing it tells you is predictive skills.
It’s going to tell you that this skill, while it’s not in the job description, it
is found frequently in resumes that have Product Manager in the job posting.
Once you go through the hard skills, there’s a section on soft skills, and then other keywords.
So, you’re getting a whole lot of information from JobScan that will ensure that you get
past that resume scanning software.
I write resumes for my clients but I can’t foresee every position that they may want
to apply for.
So I recommend Jobscan to anyone who is job searching because it’s a perfect tool to
help tailor your resume so that the resume scanner software won’t derail your goal
of getting to the next step, which is that job interview.
Jobscan offers three different plans including a free plan, which gives you 5 scans a month,
so you have nothing to lose by trying it out.
Now, the premium plans do provide much more functionality and include features like the
resume power edit which will allow you to make real-time edits on your resume, see the
change in your score, and then download your resume right from Jobscan.
Also included in the premium plans are the ATS and recruiter findings that’ll identify
potential formatting and cosmetic problems with your resume.
If you do go with a premium plan, I recommend the 3 month plan because it’s the best value.
You’re really getting four months of Jobscan for just 90 bucks.
That works out to about 75 cents a day which to me, is totally worth it!
I have a link for you to try out JobScan in the description box below.
Okay, full disclosure, I am an affiliate for JobScan so if you decide to extend your access
beyond the initial free month, I will receive a small commission but this is at no extra
cost to you.
And I want you to know that I only recommend products that I believe will help you in your
job search.
My goal is for you to get hired quickly and I sincerely believe that JobScan will help
you do that.
And if you aren’t really sure how to get started on your resume, have a look at this
video where I talk about a really effective resume format.
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