How to Write a Resume That Appeals to Robots and People, with Virginia Franco

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac's List

Careers, Business

4.8 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Applicant tracking systems (ATS) are a prevalent hiring tool, used by a vast majority of employers. If you want to get your resume past an automated system and into a hiring manager’s hands, there are some specific steps you can take. Keywords are important, but Find Your Dream Job guest Virginia Franco says you should avoid keyword stuffing so that your resume makes sense to both humans and computers. Virginia advises job seekers to use their networks to bypass the ATS and to write resumes that can be read easily on mobile devices. About Our Guest: Virginia Franco is a multi-certified executive resume and LinkedIn writer, coach, and storyteller who helps job seekers to land interviews (https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiafrancoresumewriter/). Resources in This Episode: To learn more about the membership site that Virginia is working on, and take advantage of your free offer, go to https://www.jobsearchsecretweapon.com/. You can avoid the resume pitfalls we consistently see job seekers make with my resource: Don't Make These 8 Killer Resume Mistakes. In this guide, I’ll show you how to avoid the most common errors and get employers to take a second look at your resume. Go to https://resume.macslist.org/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.5	This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.
1:19.7	I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Max List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career.
1:28.7	Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to find the work you want.
1:34.3	Here's advice you probably hear a lot during your job search.
1:38.0	First, to get past an employer's applicant tracking system, use keywords in your resume.
1:44.5	Second, tweak every resume you send to catch the eye of a human being.
1:50.3	But how do you write a resume that appeals both the robots and people?
1:54.9	Here today to talk about that is Virginia Franco.
1:58.2	She's an executive resume and LinkedIn writer, coach, and storyteller.
2:02.6	And she joins us today from Charlotte, North Carolina. Well, let's get started, Virginia.
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