Infographic: How to make sure your résumé makes it past the robots

If you’re applying for a job, there’s a good chance a machine will scan your résumé before a human being does. Here’s how to ensure your resume gets into the right hands.

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Thanks to advances in technology, we no longer have to watch commercials on TV, pore over maps to get directions or lug heavy books around when we travel.

But technology has made life harder in at least one way: Now when we submit résumés online, we have to worry about our credentials making it past robots.

If you’ve applied online for a job within the past few years, you know there’s a good chance a machine will scan your résumé before a human will.

According to an infographic from HireRight, applicant tracking systems — the technology recruiters use to filter through job applicants — screen out 75 percent of applicants for a specific position.

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