Resume Screening Software –Ability to disrupt your Search

Today's resume management tools are substantially more refined than the OCR versions of old, and have an aptitude to neatly handle a wide range of text-based formats and content. They usually include a module that haul out data from resumes, and an HR or talent management system that uses the extracted data to assess and rank qualified candidates by acting as candidate tracking software.

How to Make It past the Resume Extraction Process

1. Submit your resume in a text format: A number of candidates use graphics-based PDF files, which are observed by the scanning software as nothing more than nice-looking pictures.
2. Don't use graphics: Extraction tools work on the basis of text acknowledgment, so graphics are white noise that not only don't get scanned, but can actually mess up the parsing process for the surrounding text.
3. Don't forget your address: Some candidates think that by excluding their address they won't be geographically limited, but in fact the opposite is true. One of the first screening parameters that hiring managers use is often the postal code or zip code, and if it isn't present on your resume, you fall to the bottom of the candidate pool.
4. Don't use Word's header or footer: There are options for key data such as contact information. These are outside of the scanned areas, and won't get parsed.
5. Use conventional formatting: Use this for things like your telephone number, no spaces between the numbers, and no visualized characters as separators.
   

Process your resume in a way that no software disrupts it!!!