anything through an application portal will be read by a machine first. anytime you have actual contact with a human (recruiter, hiring manager, panel) you give them the nice looking one. for example, when a recruiter emails you for a 30 minute screening call, attach nice resume.

Most applications are screened by machines first before recruiters. At least that’s what they all swear by.

Yeah, it really makes sense. Thank you so much!

Redesigning my resume to match my portfolio, and I can decide something...

Should I build it in two columns or accept the hard reality?

But how would I know if it's a machine that is reading? (Corrected the spelling)

Interesting. But isn't this resume I sent to an application portal read by the recruiter too instead of the pretty one?

i do feel that recruiters and hiring managers are looking for different things and this might be overkill but the market is tighy and design is specific.

2 versions. one for machines, one for hiring manager

really depends. this is unknown but larger companies who get thousands of applications will be using sorting tech versus smaller company but then maybe smaller company (or design studio) outsources to a professional hiring agench, etc.

yes. there are online sites that will show you what the ATS "sees" (ats = applicant tracking system)

There is a little chance that it is just a recruiter's ultimate secret to make everyone use the same template to be easier for them to scan too...

This is a great idea Spring. Single column, B&W, no fancy dividers for the machine?

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