How to Beat Applicant Tracking Systems in 2023

Wondering how to beat applicant tracking systems in 2023?
It may seem like a black box of information, but applicant tracking systems (ATS for short) are less complex than they seem. For the most part, they’re really simple versions of your favorite search engine - without all the money and resources behind them. The good news is that makes it even easier for you to build an applicant tracking system resume which puts you at the top of the candidate list.
Before your resume makes it to a human, it has to pass through the applicant tracking system software. This resume scanning software determines which resumes make it to the desk of the hiring manager and which ones are rejected.
Watch this week’s video to learn how to write an applicant tracking system resume to beat the hiring software. You’ll learn resume tips to help you write the best ATS resume, and learn how to beat the applicant tracking system.
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[@henfencey5751]

What an absurd system. The amount of human life wasted tailoring resumes and cover letters to specific jobs only for them to never be read is absolutely staggering. It's got to be in the millions of years at this point when you consider it's a global problem. Regardless, thanks for the video.

[@rochestas]

💯

[@vivekshelke9788]

1. customize your resume to each job 2. use the same words that are in the job description 3. show how you used skills under each job 4. use standard section names 5. ats is only the first step

[@bluecityfilmsLA]

can u explain number 4?

[@longjohnsdesignstudio4703]

@@bluecityfilmsLA simply have standard/serious headings and subheading like EDUCATION or WORKING EXPERIENCE rather than headings like FUN JOBS I’VE HAD and THINGS I DO FOR FUN… just put infos in their organised sections and sound serious

[@CourtneyChristensen-q8j]

Tips start at: 3:28

[@adrian333dev]

LOL

[@theemperorstarwarslegends8075]

Ironic.

[@RigIsCake]

Thanks. she just kept yapping

[@halo0154]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@tattoofthesun]

She gives context the way a good presentation should. This is public speaking. These are basics

[@rdg665]

ATS is one of the worst dystopias of the modern world. This is not a job a stupid bot should be doing , HR and recruiters are just looking for more ways to not do their jobs.

[@TheAnnastashia]

More like companies are looking for more ways to cut jobs.

[@SuryaV20]

Yep, why the hell are they making simple things more complicated!

[@lessthanpinochet]

They're slowly making work obsolete. This ATS stuff will get way worse until it's impossible to find a job.

[@morningstar2027]

how to beat the system. how to be seen by a human. feels like i gotta battle the entire world just to find a job. come at me!

[@andiefowler5861]

Thank you for making this. I’m sorry for the mean comments, I think you did great and the content was lovely

[@FearlessLuncheon]

ATS is another example of our society devaluing creativity. And also dependency on ai.

[@marcuzjames-o3i]

whats crazy is that you have to apply to 100+ jobs to get a few call backs. so you are saying we have to customize over 100+ resumes to 100+jobs descriptions and that is crazy

[@loveineverystitch]

I totally agree. It's absurd.

[@Jordanian]

Don't talk much, give us a tool to check if resumes pass the ATS or not !

[@paevents8064]

exactly, not up the mark

[@ambrozzxyz539]

True

[@tahtalikoyunkavalcisi]

😂 yesss

[@abdullakc]

😂

[@tonymuiva7811]

Use Google Gemini

[@Dee--Jay]

Ima be honest. I lie on my resume. Every job I have ever gotten outside my first job, I've lied on the past experience to make it fit something similar to the job im applying for. I feel like I can do any job wither I got experience or not but i know they not gonna even look my way if I don't have experience so i lie. And guess what, I usually always catching on the new job doing it without a problem. TIP: I never lie about the place of employment. Only the job title

[@NnennaRG]

Hej, how do you manage this on Linkedin?

[@HM-rd7iy]

I guess Recruiters and hiring managers are too LAZY to do their job nowadays! it's been a nightmare for me to beat the freaking Bot despite the years of experience I have in the defense industry...

[@jamesbruister1566]

The problem with HR is they dont know anything about technical skills. They dont know that understanding a more complicated computer language is better experience then having specific knowledge about a less complicated language. Hiring managers could easily make this distinction.

[@11co5955]

HR people are some of the dumbest people I have ever interacted with at my jobs. My current HR person still has no clue what my job is after 8 years. And we need to rely on these people to hire us 😮‍💨 extremely frustrating, and it is no wonder why so many companies are so disfunctional

[@lisapryor5059]

Thank you! Nice job explaining and breaking it down for those who might not understand how the ATS works.

[@susannoronha]

I find that matching the resume to the JD is like cheating. I get that there are a lot of irrelevant resumes that come through job postings, but as a recruiter, it's my job to filter that out. ATS is good for parsing resumes and building databases. But beyond that, I believe that the recruiter needs to put in the effort. It takes just about 5 seconds to see if you want to read the full resume or not. (for context - I am a recruiter).

[@howtosober]

If recruiters used more candidate-focused and easier hiring processes, less candidates would be trying to beat them and recruiters would attract more dedicated applicants. The majority of hiring processes are laden with pointless redundancies and things that have nothing to do with the actual role for which a recruiter is hiring. For example, I have a personal rule that if I receive a bunch of "assessments" before anyone has even spoken to me, I'm not pursuing the job. Taking tests is work- and I don't work for free. Another one is if I upload my resume and then the recruiter's ATS system tries to make me retype all the same things in their individual fields. Again, I won't go any further. Job-hunting is already laborious and time-consuming. Recruiters should be thinking of the candidates who are doing this 50-100 times in a week rather than only of their own convenience.

[@rdg665]

ATS is just an excuse to be lazy.

[@graciousvarun]

Hi Susan. I am finding it hard to beat the ATS and not getting any calls. Can you please suggest how can I quickly tailor my resume to the Job description ? No educator is answering this directly. Every one is beating around the bush rather than suggest a procedure that works. If I tailor my resume, it becomes really illegible for a human as we are trying to capture the keywords. It will be great to know your thoughts on that as you are a recruiter.

[@lucaMMXI]

So you advise to use the exact same wording for skills as in the job description ("Vizualized data" for one job and "Data vizualization skills" for another). BUT then also to word it as to how exactly the candidate used those skills at their previous jobs. How on earth does one actually do that? It's non-sensical.

[@allanalton47]

Ooh men. Absolutely loved how you jump straight to the point no corners and random stuff. Thanks

[@HM70777]

Great Video. Thanks for making it :)

[@ugwusomto]

Move to 3:30 min time thats where the info is -- thanks for this update

[@francescam.e.1884]

Thank you for this video. Well done with good information.

[@jondrake1977]

Careful. You're going to make recruiters mad. "The ATS doesn't reject jobs".

[@brockman562]

I have a question, in my field, I'm very experienced and qualified. I have the degree, the hard and soft skills, work experience, and have collaborated on many projects. I also know the jargon/language used in my field, so why would I get an automated email saying that I don't have the experience, or they found another candidate?

[@katestonecipher4053]

I'm having the same issue! I wonder if some of these companies DON'T use an ATS, or...they've set filters so that they don't get too many people who might be over-qualified in which case they'd have to pay them more. My new grad. friends with no experience are having an easier time getting jobs than I am with an additional degree and lots of experience. Good luck to you!

[@brockman562]

@@katestonecipher4053 hmmm...I think you're onto something. I may have to scrape/cut down on my resume to the 3-4 most recent positions. thanks.

[@rdg665]

Because a stupid bot is reading your resume , Not a human. I guess thet explains it all

[@soumyajeetmitra6958]

Thank You for Valuable experience sharing..

[@ghosttn1]

Thx so much. Follow you from Tunisia 😊

[@theahristovska3475]

You didn’t say anything about what do we do if we don’t have the relevant experience to the certain position. People who want to start from scratch can’t pass an ats system even if they wrote everything from the job ad.

[@JP-ld6nx]

Your right, it is a paradox. Honestly the only way to get around it is to lie on your resume. I know it's not the right thing to do, but playing fair isn't going to get you anywhere, it's unfortunate but it's what you got to do.

[@Darkar251]

Great video! Do you know if ATS support pdf files or should we stick to docx? Thanks!

[@talking444]

My question too

[@Arkenva]

has anyone found out the answer to this?

[@slow2stroke34]

#1 Docx (Read Only) #2 PDF

[@susannoronha]

Older ATS couldn't read PDFs, but today all ATS can read both. There will usually be a guideline in the resume upload section to help you understand which format works best for the company's ATS. Don't use photos and save the PDF in text format, not image.

[@channelwhoa66]

How can I mass apply without having to spend the time to tailor each resume? Do I still need to if applying to the exact same positions across different companies? Or should I still tailor them?

[@treyhogan1949]

If you can understand the feeling that ATS is unfair and non-discerning then as an HR person it must be true that ATS is insensitive to the applicants and does not look beyond the application, not the applicant.

[@wayneguy6043]

Some organizations only allow one resume upload

[@graciousvarun]

Can you please suggest how can I quickly tailor my resume to the Job description ?No educator is answering this directly. Every one is beating around the bush rather than suggest a procedure that works.

[@jianx7807]

great video! But what if somebody has no experience, should they not be given a chance?

[@tylerriggs95]

It doesn't matter if they "should." Companies don't give af about you, only what you bring to the table (your experience).

[@Noman-nd9lk]

@@tylerriggs95 so I made up an experience for them ?

[@lessthanpinochet]

​@@Noman-nd9lkyeah lie and hope that the company that they outsourced the background check to are extremely incompetent or too lazy to verify your resume. Calling colleges/universities and your ex employers takes effort and you'd be surprised how lazy many of these companies are. Plus if the bg check company is in India or another country where they have strong accents and don't speak perfect english they'll get hung up on a lot before they can get the info they ñeed. It's just easier to say that you passed the background check and be done with it.

[@lessthanpinochet]

Besides it's not illegal to lie on your resume. The worst thing that can happen is that you won't get hired.

[@abhishekjadhav9289]

Hi Thank you for the informative content. I know you mentioned you have course especially for Data Analyst role. I am Senior .Net Developer with 10+ years experience. Can I take your course for making my resume ATS friendly ?

[@TheCareerForce]

Hi! Our courses can be found here- thecareerforce.com/products/ Any other questions, email [e-mail] Thanks!

[@howtosober]

This advice is less useful for people who are using job aggregator sites like Indeed, which generally places a limit on how many resumes you can upload. You can't apply through those sites at all if you're going to rewrite your whole resume for each job.

[@doyrayburn2668]

Does length of resume still matter then? Still one page?

[@susannoronha]

If you have over 10 years of experience, then two is okay as well. Typically not recommended to go over 2 pages.

[@TheRealTopTV]

This should have more views

[@636HKBM]

I hate all of this so much I’ve applied to 30+ jobs over the past year and not even one callback

[@pixoubel5056]

Can you send me example of cv accepted by ATS ?.

[@mobywk]

Ah the golden question. Now this is something I'm yet to see.

[@ThePiantanida31]

You are awesome!

[@VahabSahvi]

Excellent ❤

[@DMINISHED9]

So this is what it has come to, having 100 resumes for the ABS… yes, ABS….

[@shreekantlehgaonkar5325]

Is it true we should not column our resume? Like mentioning skills section atthe right side of the main body?

[@malchin4493]

If one recruitment or temp agency jotted notes down about you that was bad about you and you apply for a job at a company that’s never called your employers and then they have that same ats system will they be able to see a recruiters bad notes by your name even though they never called your employers if it’s the same software.

[@kino7539]

So how do we customize a resume to give to a recruiting agency? 😵‍💫

[@a.chillstechnologies9952]

But using docx make the resume reach 3 pages

[@muxcan956]

She is talking too much than giving information.

[@happinesswatts]

Honestly I agree with you. More talk and less Info

[@trivagravia4837]

Im yet to see any ATS CV example from all these videos....is this a secret thing...or some CV from planet Venus...all l hear is "simple simple"...

[@essalinas2944]

Thank you!

[@dariakriuchkova7229]

Thank you, the video is very useful :) P.S. The color of the lipstick is amazing

[@SGH-rt6ci]

where is the beef ?

[@ridwanolawale8100]

Talk was much than the info.

[@jugandocasual4429]

or you can also ask chat gpt to create a resume to beat ATS XD

[@slow2stroke34]

No! Tailer it

[@abrahamcordova3796]

@@slow2stroke34 tried it, it didnt work! i recently tried doing it for a Personal banker and when i created it i found a free ATS online to see how id do, and i ended up getting a 40 -.-

[@tjtessa8158]

​@@slow2stroke34 what you mean tailer it?

[@AdhityaPSingh]

Won't recommend this...Skip whole video...waste of time...!

[@Arkenva]

will ATS be able to read .pdf?

[@slow2stroke34]

Yes but prefers Doc files

[@susannoronha]

Older ATS couldn't read PDFs, but today all ATS can read both PDF and DOC formats. There will usually be a guideline in the resume upload section to help you understand which format works best for the company's ATS. Don't use photos and save the PDF in text format, not image.

[@tomallen6073]

Just take all the key words from the job description and enter them in multiple times next to bullet points and BAM, you’re in. Worst case they fire you.

[@ezprogramming7887]

I'm wondering about the same thing, but I doubt it's as easy as this. Like they should have something implemented in the software to catch people doing this.

[@HRStudiosTheDungeon]

I’m going to be honest. The fact that ATS exists sucks.

[@billboth6572]

ALL of this but make sure it is all crammed into ONE 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper a d for the love of God, not any more than that. ONE SHEET ONLY🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@lailahaillallahh]

a lot of water..

[@suhasnadiga]

Took her 3 mins to get to the content..smh

[@nikitachirich7985]

She only got into the content halfway through the video, poor content creator.

[@MargaretDuncan-s6c]

Too much

[@NeuroScientician]

Not useful in anyway

[@salonikavillas-wt9ds]

You're talking too much