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It's not that obscure, it's the technical term for the management software in the recruitment and hiring space and the term predates the modern AI craze by over

It's not that obscure, it's the technical term for the management software in the recruitment and hiring space and the term predates the modern AI craze by over a decade (or more?): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_system https://www.oracle.com/human-capital-management/recruiting/what-is-applicant-tracking-system/ https://www.oracle.com/human-capital-management/recruiting/w... https://www.greenhouse.com/resources/glossary/what-is-an-applicant-tracking-system-ats https://www.greenhouse.com/resources/glossary/what-is-an-app...

wackget 2y ago
It's definitely obscure.
- pests 2y ago
  To you. To others, its not.
  - anjel 2y ago
    Just like name-dropping, tossing acronyms in mixed company is not much more than an obvious flex.
    - bpc777 2y ago
      However, using the industry accepted term for the topic of the discussion is fine.
- rcbdev 2y ago
  It really isn't if you have ever put even rudimentary effort into creating a CV.
  - mulmen 2y ago
    I am 15 years into my tech career and I have never heard this acronym.
    - gedy 2y ago
      24 yrs and same as you
      - anonzzzies 2y ago
        32 yrs and same
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    - arcanemachiner 2y ago
      https://www.myperfectresume.com/career-center/resumes/basics/cv-vs-resume https://www.myperfectresume.com/career-center/resumes/basics...
      - mulmen 2y ago
        Is this supposed to mean something? I skimmed, doesn’t explain what the acronym means. And it certainly doesn’t go back in time and give me an understanding of what ATS is or why I should care.
      - Ladyady 2y ago
        They're referring to ATS, not CV.
        arcanemachiner 2y ago
        Whoops, thanks for the correction.
  - TeMPOraL 2y ago
    Does gaming the shit out of recruitment process counts as "rudimentary effort into creating a CV" these days? Because I can't imagine how the two would otherwise be related from the job-seeker point of view. It's a backend-side system. If anything, my closest encounter with something like this (but without learning the acronym, until today) would be those companies that told me to take the CV I put so much effort in, and copy-paste it into a textbox on some website. Or, even worse, copy-paste pieces of it into couple dozen different fields across several pages of their shitty webform. I stay away from companies doing that.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  It's popped up a lot more in recent times in this job market. You'll run into it a lot on Linked c. late 2023.
- yieldcrv 2y ago
  It also means something else in finance
xwolfi 2y ago
Obscure to me too !
motoxpro 2y ago
To people saying it's obscure. It would be the same as a HR person/recruiter not knowing what an IDE is. 100% obscure to non-coders, 100% not obscure to people who know a bit about coding or write code for a living. Applicant tracking systems are where HR people spend their time, well, tracking the 10s, 100s, or 1000s of applications that come in to their company, their interviewing steps, whether they've called a person back, etc.

wackget 2y ago

It's definitely obscure.

pests 2y ago
To you. To others, its not.
- anjel 2y ago
  Just like name-dropping, tossing acronyms in mixed company is not much more than an obvious flex.
  - bpc777 2y ago
    However, using the industry accepted term for the topic of the discussion is fine.
rcbdev 2y ago
It really isn't if you have ever put even rudimentary effort into creating a CV.
- mulmen 2y ago
  I am 15 years into my tech career and I have never heard this acronym.
  - gedy 2y ago
    24 yrs and same as you
    - anonzzzies 2y ago
      32 yrs and same
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  - arcanemachiner 2y ago
    https://www.myperfectresume.com/career-center/resumes/basics/cv-vs-resume https://www.myperfectresume.com/career-center/resumes/basics...
    - mulmen 2y ago
      Is this supposed to mean something? I skimmed, doesn’t explain what the acronym means. And it certainly doesn’t go back in time and give me an understanding of what ATS is or why I should care.
    - Ladyady 2y ago
      They're referring to ATS, not CV.
      - arcanemachiner 2y ago
        Whoops, thanks for the correction.
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  Does gaming the shit out of recruitment process counts as "rudimentary effort into creating a CV" these days? Because I can't imagine how the two would otherwise be related from the job-seeker point of view. It's a backend-side system. If anything, my closest encounter with something like this (but without learning the acronym, until today) would be those companies that told me to take the CV I put so much effort in, and copy-paste it into a textbox on some website. Or, even worse, copy-paste pieces of it into couple dozen different fields across several pages of their shitty webform. I stay away from companies doing that.
johnnyanmac 2y ago
It's popped up a lot more in recent times in this job market. You'll run into it a lot on Linked c. late 2023.
yieldcrv 2y ago
It also means something else in finance

xwolfi 2y ago

Obscure to me too !

motoxpro 2y ago

To people saying it's obscure. It would be the same as a HR person/recruiter not knowing what an IDE is. 100% obscure to non-coders, 100% not obscure to people who know a bit about coding or write code for a living. Applicant tracking systems are where HR people spend their time, well, tracking the 10s, 100s, or 1000s of applications that come in to their company, their interviewing steps, whether they've called a person back, etc.