How to Beat an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
Gone are the days of mailing hard copy resumes and cover letters on fine watermarked paper. Platforms like ZipRecruiter , Indeed and Monster have outpaced the paper process to make recruiting top talent more efficient in the digital age. Now employers use something called an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to weed through applications and narrow their focus to the candidates who are most likely to succeed. Unfortunately for job seekers, this leveraging of technology makes it harder to get noticed and some applicants never surface to a human eye. There are steps you can take to maximize your chances of that carefully-crafted resume or application getting past the automated tracking system (ATS) and in front of a real person. While you are working hard to get your next job, consider the application process an opportunity to practice many skills that most jobs require, especially attention to detail. Any skills appearing in job descriptions of jobs that interest you should be practi...