Complaint Department

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Re: Resumes -

The automated review of resumes has prompted the growth of resume length. In some large companies (like the one I happen to work for). Resumes are scaned, OCRed, and then key word searched to match the job criteria - the more and better buzz words you use, the better the chance of getting a "hit" so that an actual human will be engaged. So in a way two different documents are required as a "resume" 1) to pass the automated screener - common font, lots of text, no line, common bond paper (if it can be scanned it gets tossed as a paper jam); 2) A pretty, 1-page resume, with lots of white space, bullets, and texture, to present in person (or direct mailed) to the people likely to be doing the hiring. The second is probably most important, but HR has claimed often enough that the candidate inquired about "never submitted a resume." So it goes in my workplace.