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Where the hell are all of the jobs?
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Oh it's been algorithms for a while
Here if you want to really beat the algo, and it's a job you really want
Put a cover letter as the first page of your resume. Make a 2 column table with the job requirements on left side, and your experience for each topic on the right. Skip meaningless job requirements just do the meaningful ones. Now you probably have all their keywords in your fucking resume, and when a human reads it they can see you fill all their requirements.
That means even if you don't have experience, say, operating trains, it still says the words "OPERATING TRAINS" inside your resume next to your response "well, I drive a tram ok" so you'll get selected by the stupid word search robot
Your resume will eventually be viewed by a human though, right? Isn’t that a bit of a barrier to gaming the bot?
No not a barrier at all. It's baller shit. Instead of having to process how your description of your past experience abstractly relates to their needs, you're directly saying every requirement is met. I would do this even if robots didn't exist.
Can shift quickly to handle unexpected tasks | I managed 5 accounts simultaneously and delegated and scheduled work from hundreds of emergency work requests
Preferred: Able to diagnose and repair Caterpillar or other heavy equipment failures | I have 4 years of experience with Komatsu machines and would be able to quickly translate those skills
Now your resume says CATERPILLAR and you can bet the hiring manager or recruiter put that word in as a keyword. You'll be bumped up based on that, and you are not only being honest, you're spelling things out and making it super simple for the person who has to scan 40 resumes
They might even put in really stupid keywords like "unexpected tasks" which you will only match if you are copying their description
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I will consider this if I sell my soul
Ty comrade