Why Sneaky Tactics May Not Help Resume
August 24th, 2009 by Mike
IT is getting harder for job hunters to game the systems that recruiters use to identify potential candidates. Ever since employers started using text-searching programs to sort job resumes more than a dozen years ago, savvy applicants have sought to boost the odds that their resumes will make the cut. Computer programs search for the skills, job experience and other attributes an employer wants and then rank candidates. To trick the program to rank their resumes higher, some job hunters insert keywords that can’t be seen by the naked eye.
August 24th, 2009 at 10:30 am
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