Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

So you’ve submitted a resume or application for a job and a week goes by with no response from the employer.  Another few weeks go by, still no response.  You think your resume or application looked pretty good.  Good education, good experience, an internship…what could have gone wrong?  The truth is, a robot most likely read and possibly rejected your application before a human could have laid eyes on it.

Enter the Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), a software used by 95% of Fortune 500 companies and many online job boards.  Because the internet has made it that much easier to submit an application or resume, companies are sifting through hundreds, sometimes thousands of them.  Due to this influx, only the very top ones that pass through the ATS are reviewed by actual people while the rest have been kicked out.

But how do they work? What can you do to get past the ATS to reach the next level? Don’t fret. Understanding the system will help; and, Lewis Lustman of Hireright helps you do just that. Read more.