Does anyone have any recommendations for tools to use to help tailor resume towards a job posting?

[rapid path]

1. Resume Keyword + ATS passing
2. Cover Letter augmentation / templating / generation

[frank spade]

What scale of companies you are applying for?

[rapid path]

Big Health, Banks, Tech, and Quantum Computing Labs
1000+ employees

[frank spade]

Can't provide advice in this situation because I know nothing about

[elder herald]

i dont think theres any tools. and cover letters are preh meh anyway

u shouldnt need to tailor tooo much but u could always just have several resumes so for example if youre applying to jobs where theyre looking for frontend tech then just have 1 resume for frontend, 1 for primarily backend, 1 for ML/DS or whatever

etc

[soft rapids]

do you happen to have any tips like these for internships in any coding position?

[frank spade]

Use word counter to identify important repeated points

there is nothing such as "ats passing" in Fortune 500

[vital tangle]

Wrong

[frank spade]

Hello,

I am sorry, are you a recruiter at fortune 500? Do you know any recruiters that said so? If not, then please do not provide misinformation.

[vital tangle]

Yea i know plenty of recruiters

they have too many resumes so the first step is always ats

[frank spade]

Please view this from Amy miller and let me know if you still insist.
https://youtu.be/U5K2F--rNe4?si=edxk9YqO28VprPYj

[vital tangle]

besides i've actually passed f500 resume screens 😉

[frank spade]

Also, I'd like of you tell me precisely who is the recruiter that said "ATS is a robot". I want a video, post or an article.

[vital tangle]

bruh i just took the chick on a date

[frank spade]

Congrats!

However, this does not constitute that you know anything about how they hire there. I still insist that you provide any basis for your claim that "ATS is a robot that you need to pass".

[vital tangle]

but seriously

if you haven't actually passed f500 resume screens

[shrewd estuary]

ATS is a automated system usually

[frank spade]

Please consider that this person's future might depend on your advice and it is important to look at each and every word you say that might put him off the track.

[vital tangle]

I don't recommend you giving "Advice".

^

[frank spade]

Actually I do not at all! I write that I am not eligible, I just recite words form reliable sources. Thanks for the advice.

[shrewd estuary]

Bro you type like an AI ngl

[vital tangle]

Bro ur resume is 6 pages.

Which source told you that?

[spark knot]

its not that ATS is a robot, but it can / will automatically scan for relevant information. have you seen the other end of workday / taleo / greenhouse / lever (from the recruiter's perspective)? Its a very very filtered down version of a resume

[frank spade]

Sorry, I am confused, if you are saying that these programs filters you, then yes, but only in two cases, if they ask you binary/eliminating questions or the ATS didn't detect any information from your resume at all so they save the recuiters time.

Otherwise, the rank never serve you at all.

The problem with the statement is that some people told me "hiring is automated these days" and I wanted to clarify that this question and information are false.

[spark knot]

hiring being automated is not a "true" or "false" statement. aspects of hiring are automated and aspects of hiring are human based

[frank spade]

Are there any other cases than the aforementioned two? If no, then it is not automated

[spark knot]

and these practices will vary drastically between companies, so i wouldn't trust one's person video as godspel

[frank spade]

I can give you opinions from other recruiters as well if you want, don't forget two things, she alone worked in almost all FAANG + 25 YOE which is not a "single persons opnion" but rather her entire connections.

Also, she is reliable because she says "I do not know" when she does not.

[spark knot]

it is known that amazon has a fully automated resume screening stage for example

before being handed off to a real recruiter

there have been controversies over this as it supposedly had a bias towards certain demographics

either way, you have nothing to lose by optimizing your resume for ATS

if a company does do automatic filtering, you'll be better suited to pass it

and if the company doesn't, its not like having an optimized resume will hold you back

[frank spade]

At this point, I cannot indulge in a recurring misinformation that I clearly stated above. Feel free to ask her yourself because I have nothing more to say.

Please be aware that I have quite a lot of similar resources that literally say what she said.

You are free to believe, trust or rely on any information you like. My job is not to tell you what to do but rather give you objective information and you do what you want with it.

[frank spade]

You have, you can check Amy miller herself or check reliable sources.

One thing that I forgot to state, I NEVER MET A RECRUITER AT FAANG OR FORTUNE 500 THAT CONTRADICTED AMY MILLER

[calm dawn]

Can confirm that ats is a robot, I am the ats and I am a robot

[spark knot]

buddy, you're saying ATS filtering doesn't exist in the entire F500

i'm not saying that your video is wrong. i'm just saying theres no way she can have knowledge about how literally every f500 company does it

[frank spade]

"I never seen".

[spark knot]

and as far as I'm aware she only said that ATS doesn't reject candidates? Not that it doesn't filter?

[spark knot]

.

you said there's "nothing such as"

[frank spade]

Great, 2 questions, what is the probability that there is something other than what she said in the 500 company?

who else said something contradicting what she said?

Those two questions will make you see it better

[frank spade]

Yes, and I stated that, she said there is 232 ATS out there.

[spark knot]

i dont think theres anything wrong with what shes saying, its the conclusions you're drawing from it

just because ATS won't automatically move forward / reject a candidate doesn't mean that on some resume scanning and filtering is not involved

[frank spade]

I understand, a good rule of thumb is "ask the recruiter of your dream company". this is the "only tailored answer".

[spark knot]

as someone who has worked at meta i can say that the ATS system there does have algorithmic filtering functionality, although i'm not sure about the extent to which it is used

but yes. many companies dont use ATS to filter at all

[frank spade]

True, they use it for things that I have prementioned such as not meeting basic requirements like YOE

[spark knot]

i think thats the point people here are making with respect to "tailoring" resumes. its not because ATS is a robot that will read everything, its so that the parser can extract basic relevant information such as role, yoe, school, past company, etc

a very old resume of mine used to upload the wrong school name to the parser, for example

which is an important thing to fix

[frank spade]

YOE are for BQ, School name and previous companies are a good sign but they don't contribute to anything on behalf of the recruiter or the HM.

I think we pretty much agree.

[frank spade]

You can do several tests to find out how readable it is without the resume ATS testers. one of them is "copy paste into an empty file". I am saying that for people that might need so.