Dear Lifehacker, I heard that a lot of companies use software to weed out "good" from "bad" resumes. How do those systems work, and is there anything I can do to improve my chances of my resume getting through the system and into the hands of a real person?
Approximately 1.6 million students in the U.S. graduated from college this year. Some are going into their post-college job search with an extensive resume, while others have no experience whatsoever. It doesn't matter where you fall on the spectrum, as long as your resume catches the recruiter's attention and makes a great first impression in the six seconds they spend reviewing it.
5 must-read resume tips from Google's head of HR For a company that gets about 50,000 resumes per week, it's hard to imagine how the guys at Google sort through each resume and pick the best ones.
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