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How Will You Stand Out from the Crowd?<\/p><\/div>\n

Once a job application arrives at an employer’s office, the screening<\/a> process can begin.<\/b> As mentioned before, screening might be done by a single person, by a group of persons, or by a machine. You may not know which approach a company takes, unless you ask specifically about how screening is done in the department or division where an opening exists.<\/p>\n

There may also be nuances between writing for a machine <\/a>and writing for human. Lacking information specific to a particular type of screening software, job seekers must do their best to present their arguments in language that can be easily filtered by both human and machine.<\/p>\n

Let’s imagine a \u201ctypical\u201d screening process, discuss some possible stages in that process, and then imagine some strategies that might be useful for capturing and keeping the reader’s attention.<\/p>\n

It’s probably impossible to give one explanation that will cleanly and accurately describe all the nuances to different stages of the job search process, but let’s try to describe some generalities.<\/p>\n

I have been on many screening and selection committees during my career, and I’ve seen a few thousand r\u00e9sum\u00e9s during that time. My explanation of the screening process is heavily drawn on my personal experience. In no way should it be construed that my experiences are somehow universal. However, I do believe that I can bring some insights about how r\u00e9sum\u00e9 screeners and job search committees might conduct their screening processes.<\/p>\n

A “Typical” Screening Process<\/b><\/h3>\n

In my experience, screening works like this:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n