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Most companies use an ATS to organize inbound applications and ask job seekers to upload their resume. Here, recruiters/hiring managers later view this resume.
by gregdoesit 6y ago
Most companies use an ATS to organize inbound applications and ask job seekers to upload their resume. Here, recruiters/hiring managers later view this resume.
You need a PDF or Word doc here (PDF preferred). When applying for larger tech companies, this is the use case 90% of the time.
As a hiring manager, I want to see details quickly. The less "fanciness", the better. I can scan traditional resumes much easier than this one. So my view is the same as when choosing a fancy template: you make the job of the hiring manager more difficult, thus lowering your chances.
With software developers, boring and simple format is good. Your resume content should sell you, not the presentation.
- Groxx 6y agoAs further anecdata: where I work, the interviewing system doesn't support random urls to stuff, and only shows the uploaded doc (if any). So unless we checked the linkedin link (almost never provided) and clicked through to projects (or followed links in docs, neither of which I or any I've talked to have ever done AFAIR), we'd never see it. It might be workable for last-round or very small + "high contact" interview pipelines, but it's probably useless earlier or at larger companies.
- column 6y ago> You need a PDF or Word doc here (PDF preferred). Both. You need both. Because their system or their HR dept may ask for the Word version and you should have it ready on hand.