3 Ways To Beat Applicant Tracking Systems

Posted by on November 28, 2011 at 9:00 am.

Campus career centers were designed to aid both their students and their alumni during their job search needs. While resume advice and mock interviews are fine and dandy, you also need to work toward teaching your students how to navigate new technologies to obtain jobs.

With the increase of new technology on the job hunt, it is essential your students understand how to use it to their advantage. There are many different places where technology can play in a student’s job search – but by far, one of the hardest to get a handle on is the employer applicant tracking system.

Although you can’t really teach a student how to use it, per se, you can teach students how to “beat” the system. Read on at AOL Jobs.

One Comment

  • Great advice,
    Most candidates think electronic submissions go directly to an individual, with no intermediate view.

    Many employers, especially those with large volumes of submissions (Ex. Sports Industry, Sales, etc…) use ATS software to screen candidates.

    George
    Writer, The Sports Resume

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