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NEHA MALHOTRA

Guide to
ATS
Resume
Format
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Optimizing your resume for

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
makes a massive difference in
landing interviews.

If you could automatically be in the

top 25% of candidates when you
applied for a job, would you do it?

Let's look at some realistic

tips to create ATS
optimized resume.

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01
Resume Section Titles

ATS works best with clear

wording and the section titles are
no exception.
For instance, use the title 'Work
Experience' and not 'Past Jobs'

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02
Font

Most ATS use some version of Optical

Character Recognition to translate the
text into characters so it's best to use
basic fonts such as Arial.

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03
Columns and Pictures

There are many stunning graphic

resume templates available for
download but they do not work on ATS.
Avoid including columns or pictures in
your resume.

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04
Don't try to be too clever

A person might end up looking at your

resume if it doesn't pass through ATS.
Increasing your resume length might
increase number of matches in ATS
but if it doesn't qualify ATS then your
overly lengthy resume won't be
approved by the recruiter either.
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05
Incorporate skills in your experience

This might be tricky to understand but

consider this :
Leadership skills can be translated to
experience as Lead team to 10%
performance improvement through
employee engagement.

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