Creating a resume that beats the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is crucial! Tailoring your CV with relevant keywords and formatting is key to getting noticed by recruiters. Some really great points here!
What about indentations? Do ATS favor some indentation formatting above others? (i.e. preferred indentation distance, indenting by using the ruler vs indenting by using spaces). Or on the contrary, do ATS not care about what indentation formatting you apply to your résumé?
The ATSs are designed to scan for and organize words & phrases, thus it would be fair to say that indentation on your Resume / CV would have minimal impact from ATS scanning. However, once your document passes the ATS and makes it on to the in-person screening, indentation may make it easier or more difficult for the reader (HR manager, recruiter, hiring mgr) to comprehend. Another important element to note is that if you set up your documents’ indentation using the ruler function and the receiver’s document setting happens to be different - the formatting may be off (which is why we prefer ‘pdf’ as it doesn’t impact the formatting most of the time). Hope this answers your question and thanks for watching my videos :)
Creating a resume that beats the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is crucial! Tailoring your CV with relevant keywords and formatting is key to getting noticed by recruiters. Some really great points here!
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What about indentations? Do ATS favor some indentation formatting above others? (i.e. preferred indentation distance, indenting by using the ruler vs indenting by using spaces). Or on the contrary, do ATS not care about what indentation formatting you apply to your résumé?
The ATSs are designed to scan for and organize words & phrases, thus it would be fair to say that indentation on your Resume / CV would have minimal impact from ATS scanning. However, once your document passes the ATS and makes it on to the in-person screening, indentation may make it easier or more difficult for the reader (HR manager, recruiter, hiring mgr) to comprehend.
Another important element to note is that if you set up your documents’ indentation using the ruler function and the receiver’s document setting happens to be different - the formatting may be off (which is why we prefer ‘pdf’ as it doesn’t impact the formatting most of the time).
Hope this answers your question and thanks for watching my videos :)