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How An Applicant Tracking System Reads Your Resume [Infographic]

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Resume screening:

  1. Your resume is run through a parser, which removes the styling from the resume and breaks the text down into recognized words or phrases.
  2. The parser then sorts that content into different categories: Education, contact info, skills, and work experience.
  3. The employer’s desired skills or keywords are matched against the results from above.
  4. Your resume is scored on relevancy—using semantic matching against the employer’s search terms and your years of experience.

Therefore, your CV is scored based on relevancy and if you survive after the ATS you are likely to get called for an interview.

Top tips to prepare for a job interview

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We are always exciting about the first job interview. Here are some tips that will help to prepare for it:

  • 33% of bosses know within the first 90 seconds of an interview whether they will hire someone
  • Having little to no knowledge of the company is the most common mistake made during interviews
  • 67% of bosses say that failure to make eye contact is a common nonverbal mistake
  • When meeting new people, 55% of the impact comes from the way the person dresses, acts and walks through the door
  • 65% of bosses indicate that clothes could be a deciding factor between two almost-identical candidates
  • The number one question most likely to be asked is: “Tell me about yourself”
  • The number one most common mistake at a job interview is: failing to ask for the job

Struggling to find a first job? Learn more on Unius Learning.

4 things your CV should not have

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When you submit your CV, it’s better to be good.  If you want to make a good impression, do not commit mistakes, summarized below:

1. Do not include photos 

Although it is common in some countries, unless you are somebody whose appearance is an integral part of their CV, such as an actress, model or dancer, do not attach a picture of yourself to your application. It is unnecessary and detract from a presentation of your CV.

2. Do not include personal information

Your CV shouldn’t have such information as social security number, age, marital status, number of children, height, weight or any other personal attributes. Allow your potential employers judge you only on the basis of your professional qualifications. 

3. Do not use too many words

Remember, your resume will have little time to impress your potential employer. Avoid too complicated sentences and lengthy explanations. Keep it simple and do not include too much detail. 

4. Do not include errors

Proofread your CV until you are confident that it doesn’t have any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.

 

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How to get a job? Top 5 trends in recruitment you need to know

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Every year recent graduates face the employability challenges and struggle to find a job, trying to assess their career possibilities and impress the potential employer. However, it’s common knowledge that most of the CVs are not viewed by recruiters and go right in the bin. Unius has decided to look at top trends in recruitment and summarized thoughts of HR professionals to give students useful tips in their job search process.

1. Competition for top talents

After several years of slackness, HR experts are expected a new round of the intense competition for skilled and talented young professionals in 2014.  In many industries companies’ recruiting resources and tools will be used to the limit. Aggressive recruitment programs along with counter offers and renovated approaches will be observed to the full extent in the near future and companies will demand new selection technologies that will give them the competitive advantage in the recruiting process.

2. Need for innovators

Enormous economic success of companies that have made a bet on the development of innovative technologies (e.g. Google, Apple, Facebook) has showed senior managers the importance of hiring and retaining innovators. It means that companies will recruit even more talented young people who will be able to offer non-standard solutions and provide stable economic growth for the company. However, it’s not easy as it seems because the employers need to alter the current system of recruitment and consider new effective ways to find prospective employees.

3. Considering social media profiles

Instead of reading CVs and cover letters, companies are expected to work with the candidate’s profile in social networks. Thus, it will open the door to those prospective employees, who are not in an active job search mode. Most of the HR experts state that these professionals are often better meet the needs of the company but it’s hard to find them for recruiters. Although there are still administrative obstacles, more and more companies are considering the social media profile at least at the beginning of the recruiting process.

4. Use of mobile applications as a recruitment tool

The growing popularity of mobile platforms encourages recruiters to develop specialized recruiting-focused apps that will allow candidates to apply directly via mobile devices.

5. A data-driven decision-making

HR specialists predict that talent analytics will be an important part of hiring process in the near future. A data-driven approach has already used in the finance and marketing world and now it is shifting towards recruitment. The trend demonstrates that many companies will be able to find out what makes their top employers different from others and will be looking for the same qualities in their potential candidates.

 

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