Patrick Neeman, Director of UX Design, AI Experiences, explains how applicant tracking systems read your resume and why he advises against a two-column layout. He also shares what he has seen as a hiring manager about keyword filtering, knockout questions and the six-second resume glance.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
✔️ Why Patrick says to use one column for an ATS and two columns for a person
✔️ How OCR can turn a two-column resume into one big line of text
✔️ How knockout questions and keyword filtering work in some systems
✔️ Patrick's misconceptions about companies, AI and recruiters in hiring
✔️ What Patrick says helps a resume pass a quick scan
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:35 Who Patrick Neeman is
01:23 Keyword filtering and knockout questions
03:55 Why to avoid a two-column resume for the ATS
05:48 Misconceptions about ATS and hiring
07:28 The six-second resume study
08:45 What makes a resume stand out
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