Instead of sorting through a stack of printed resumes or a cluttered inbox,
recruiters at most companies (including 90 % of Fortune 500) use applicant tracking systems, or ATS, to keep themselves as organized and efficient as possible.
Not exact matches
For example, if you worked as a software engineer
at a top
company such as Microsoft or Intel, stress the
company name rather than your job title, since that will impress the
recruiter the
most.
With an unmatched ability to produce results for both the job seekers whom our NYC executive headhunters work with and our clientele, the executive
recruiters at KAS Placement, among other awards and notations, were named a finalist to be on Forbes» America's
Most Promising
Companies.
Most large
companies will not just use a
recruiter to look
at your resume.
As one of the world's
most award - winning resume writers and a former
recruiter, my clients win opportunities
at Fortune - ranked corporations, niche
companies, and start - ups.
You could, and should, follow your favourite IT employers /
recruiters, technologists and technology journalists on Twitter; doing so will help you to stay on top of current employment opportunities (
most employers have a recruitment / marketing team that tweets about spring weeks, internships, industrial placements, graduate jobs etc, as well as their events and talks) and industry trends (
recruiters will expect you to know, to an extent, what's going on
at the
company and in the industry).
With unemployment hovering around 7.5 % in 2013, the NYC
recruiters at KAS Placement have been bringing the top applicants to new hiring
companies in some of New York's
most prominent industries, including finance, garment and textile, media, entertainment, fashion, telecommunications, software, hardware, industrial and more.
Most recruiters, regardless of whether they work internally for a
company or
at an agency, will engage in multiple sourcing techniques so they can find the best possible candidates.
ThoughtWorks» UK graduate talent scout, Jade Daubney, urges graduates applying for a job
at the global software
company to make the
most of their covering letter, as
recruiters always use them when screening applicants.
«
Recruiters are focused on the
most important information: what titles you held; the
companies you worked
at, the fact that you have a degree,» he said.
In fact, there are cost justifications for even the
most non-quant job and non-numerical credentials that both hiring managers and
recruiters will recognize, according to Sharon Jautz, an HR consultant specializing in online and digital media after more than 20 years as an HR executive
at companies such as Forbes Inc. and Playboy Enterprises Inc..
Thanks to changes to labor laws,
most companies, even small ones, use some sort of
ATS to show the DOL they choose candidates to interview based on objective criteria (or their outside
recruiters do).
David Couper, a career coach, said that the
recruiters at most Fortune 500
companies don't even send him the cover letter, let alone scan it into an
ATS.
Within Columbus's service - oriented industries, like retail, restaurants, and hospitality, RMA ® executive search
recruiters are also adept
at sourcing the
most dynamic and competitive job seekers with experience maximizing the success of
companies within these fields.
Unfortunately,
most recruiters only spend 10 to 20 seconds looking
at each individual resume, so the key to writing a great resume is to tailor it to the job you want, highlighting that you have the skills and talents necessary to not only qualify for the job, but to help the
company reach its goals.
Because
most large
companies uses an
ATS system to quickly screen candidates, using keywords from the job description can increase your resume's chances of being seen by an actual
recruiter.
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