Inside the Applicant Tracking System: Help Your Students Write Resumes That Beat The System

Here’s the reality: The average recruiter juggles 30 to 40 open roles at a time, and the average role attracts 250 resumes. That's why organizations use their applicant tracking system (ATS) to filter out most applicants.

To make sure that your students get filtered in, not out, career services staff must first understand: how recruiters really review resumes and how ATS algorithms work; the simple formula to make every resume bullet and cover letter sentence powerful; and how to create a resume and cover letter makeover that incorporates these ideas.

[MarkjCraft]

Great insight, thanks for sharing, Jeremy!