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Scannable Resume Design (by ResumeEdge.com)
Like it or not, we are all caught in the loop of modern technology.  Place a call to your favorite store or banking institution, and you're usually dealing with voicemail and automated menus, rather than reaching a real individual.
 
The same is now true when you send your resume to the human resources department of major corporations (and in increasing numbers, hiring managers at smaller companies).  Because hundreds or even thousands of individuals apply for one opening, software that is preset to determine applicant skills and qualifications is used to "weed out" those individuals who don't match the job criteria. 
 
Therefore, to make the most of a job search, it's essential for the modern resume to:
  1. Be in a format that can be read by optical character recognition (OCR) software, if the targeted company is using this tool.
  2. Contain essential keywords* related to the job opening or industry. 
* Keywords are nouns or noun phrases that the software has been programmed to search for.  The more keywords or "hits" the software finds in the resume, the more likely the document will be read by a human resources professional.  In fact, for some federal job openings, a resume must have a 95% or higher hit rate if the candidate is to be given serious consideration -- that is, a moment of the hiring authority's time, and perhaps even an interview.
Sound daunting?
 
It doesn't have to be when you know the tricks of the trade in creating this modern resume.
 
 
 
 
 
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Resume Designs and Layouts (Editor's Note)
 

 
Scannable Resume Designs
Part 2: OCR Technology
Part 3: Keywords
Part 4: Your Name
Part 5: Contact Information
Part 6: Scanner-Friendly Fonts
Part 7: Formats
Part 8: Samples
Classic Resumes: Attractive and Effective
Part 2: Name
Part 3: Contact Information
Part 4: Subheadings
Part 5: Employment Dates
Part 6: Places of Employment
Part 7: When to Include Personal Data
Part 8: Designer Fonts & Bullets Versus Traditional Ones
Part 9: Templates
Part 10: Graphics
Part 11: Text Presentation: Bullets vs. Paragraphs
Part 12: Stylish Resumes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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