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Serious question, has anyone else had a resume scanner reject them for a job they were clearly qualified for?
Mine got flagged last week for a data analyst role requiring 3 years of SQL experience, which I have from my 4 years at my current firm, because the algorithm parsed my resume differently than a human would.
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shanef3416d ago
Blame your resume format, not the scanner. It's your job to make your skills obvious to the system.
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bennett.harper16d agoMost Upvoted
Yeah, and I'm over here still trying to figure out which fancy font is the ATS kryptonite. My last resume probably got scanned and filed under "creative writing project." It's a special skill to make "made coffee" sound like "managed high-stakes beverage operations" for the bots. You're right though, we all gotta play the keyword game even if it feels silly.
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bennett.harper16d agoMost Upvoted
Blame your resume format" feels like telling someone to just get a better printer when the whole system is broken. The scanners should work for people, not the other way around.
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