The Workings of an ATS

🤔 How does ATS work?

♻️ The ATS collects and stores resumes in a database.
♻️ These are stored for as long as 12 months, until they are marked inactive.

❇️ The system tracks candidates and organizes information about them. This information is used to manage the entire hiring process including screen candidates and schedule interviews.

✅ Some recruiters still prefer to take a quick glance to learn more about the applicant's highlights. So ensure your top skills and qualifications are quick to identify.

✳️ ATS automatically compares a resume to the job description and ranks each applicant based on how well their resume scores compared to the job description.

💠 Recruiters usually filter resumes by searching for key skills or titles.

▶️ For example, if a recruiter is hiring for an Administrative Assistant position out of 100 resumes, the first step would probably be to search the ATS for an Administrative Assistant. The system will scan through and isolate the top candidate matches who have done the exact same job before. Anyone besides that is out of luck.

👍🏻 Use www.jobscan.co to analyze your resume against the job description to show the top skills and keywords that are missing from your resume.