Yeah, hard part is getting past the scanner. They have so many applications. They aren't going to read them all. I include both cover letter and resume in one PDF in my application. Cover letter is where I use the same/similar keywords as in the job posts. Resume is pretty much static. You have to get the a human being. Eg. You see "robotic" a lot. But, if you really drill down, you have "local" robotic task, and you have "external" integration with outside system. So, a human being will be looking for fundamentals, like network skills, reading/writing API, server/client expertise, etc. But, a scanner will be looking for robotic vision, machine learning, AI, etc. -- On 2024-12-17 10:33, Howard Gibson via talk wrote:
On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:53:44 -0500 William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Now that I'm between jobs, I got rejected in 12 hours last month. ;-) I'm pretty sure it was "keyword scan bot".
I'm currently using Indeed and LinkedIn. They both seem to have similar listing.
William,
When I was laid off in 2017, they had us sit down with job search consultants, who re-wrote all of our resumes. Your resume has to get past ATS software, which is a pain. I have always assume that if you are too dumb to write your own resume, you are too dumb to take on a professional position.