ATSs Select Resumes For These Types Of Interviews

ATSs select resumes for certain types of interviews, but there are other types of interview candidates that hiring managers chose outside of Applicant Tracking Systems.

There are also a few differences during recessions, and I'll discuss these differences.

It's important for your job search to understand how the types of interviews you want are chosen by employers - to make sure you're using the right methods to get the types of interviews you want.

Applicant Tracking Systems are used to select resumes/candidates for these types of interviews below. These are the types of interviews you'll get if you're successful getting through ATSs, going through HR, or employees who refer you (think employee referral bonuses):

1. Booming Businesses: These are the companies you see on top hiring lists, including grocery stores/Walmart/Target/Walgreens/CVS, hot tech companies (Amazon, Facebook, remote business/education apps including Zoom & Coursera), delivery services (UPS, FedEx, GrubHub, Instacart), health care companies manufacturing COVID related items (masks, ventilators, vaccine development, anti-viral medications), and other hot companies. These companies are hiring many people, but have insane amounts of competition for each opening.
2. Pipeline Interviews: HR reps/recruiters stay busy during slow times by building a pipeline of candidates for consideration when things get back to normal, and the employer starts rebuilding their staff.
3. Entry Level Positions: Want to flip burgers, work at a convenience store, or answer customer service calls? Employers often choose entry level workers for these types of jobs through online applications.
4. Scraps/Leftovers: In 2 different studies, employers say that 80% of their new hires were people they knew before the job was posted (even internal postings). But 20% of these positions are turned down by hiring managers' top choices and candidates are found through ATSs.
5. Comparison: Most hiring managers want to show that they've done due dilligence, rather than just hiring people they know without comparison to others. Many companies require hiring managers interview a minimum number of candidates. When a hire has to be made quickly, comparison interviews can be held after an offer has already been made to the winning candidate.
6. Compliance: HR departments arrange to interview candidates because they are unemployed, over 40, or from other economically discriminated against groups. Candidates are invited for compliance interviews so the HR department can inflate their statistics, and keep government regulators satisfied ... but not because a hiring manager is interested in hiring that candidate.

These are the types of of interviews that hiring managers choose outside of ATSs - You have to get around Applicant Tracking Systems to get these interivews:

1. Poaching/Free Agent: Many hiring managers are using layoffs to seltectively improve their staffs by hiring away top talent from other companies (including competitors). Many hiring managers are poaching employees they already know and want on their team from other companies, to try to improve their team's performance. Poaching hires are usually fast-tracked - If comparison interviews are held, it's often after an offer has already been made.
2. Emergency Hires: Not all hiring managers are the poacher ... some are the poachee (the company who lost the top talent). If the person lost was in a critical role, it has to be filled ASAP and if there's not a good internal candidate, the hiring manager first looks at people they already know and want on their team. Like poaching hires, comparison interviews are often held after hiring decisions have been made.
3. Key Positions: Just like emergency hires, when hiring managers choose new hires for key positions, they go with people they already know and want on their team 80% the time.

If you're trying to get through Applicant Tracking Systems for interviews that are chosen outside of ATSs, you've set yourself up for a long, frustrating job search. If you're networking the way you've been taught by outplacement, most career coaches/authors or trying to DIY, your networking strategies are getting you into the ATS, even if you get an interview - it's not getting you to the type of interview you want.

Rather than trying the same things, remaining frustrated that you're not getting the types of interview you want, let me show you how to get through ATSs for some types of interviews and around ATSs for others. While we're at it, I'll show you how to beat the ATS, so you can find a great job fast during the recession.

This is the 3rd recession I've recruited/coached through, so I've seen first hand what resume and job search strategies succeed for job seekers during recessions. I've also seen mistakes candidates make, causing their recession job searches to fail. I've been through this before and know what works and what doesn't.

That's why numerous job seekers who work with me have already gotten job offers this March, April, May, June, July and August - every week since mid-March.

As a top national recruiter who reads hundreds of resumes per day, who has helped hundreds of thousands of candidates in their job search, and seen thousands of employers' job search processes from the inside, I've got a different perspective than most career coaches.

I see that most job seekers do essentially the same things, even when they think they are job searching differently. I also see most job seekers were taught search methods that eliminate them from consideration, because they conflict with the employer's hiring process.

But I've been teaching job seekers to beat Applicant Tracking Systems for 13+ years by using non-traditional resume/job search strategies that demonstrate impact rather than just being average. I'll show you how to beat the ATS and find a great job during the recession by understanding employers' point of view and hiring processes ... and using this understanding to beat your competition.

(I'm not just a career coach. I've also been a top national recruiter for the last 16 years ... so you'll get advice from a different perspective - an insider's point of view.)

Let me show you what you can do now to change your job search and resume so you can beat the ATS during the recession, even if you're also between jobs, over 40, trying to change careers or location, if your industry is in decline/consolidation, trying to overcome long term career gaps, family leave, find a remote job, turnaround your job search or other tough to solve job search problems.

Join me Monday 9/14/20 at 11:00am ET/8:00am PT, for my Resume Revolution! webinar (enroll at https://bit.ly/2YXNs1F at no charge) to learn how to beat the ATS and find your next job during the recession.

Want to see how well this can work for you?

"Great cutting edge advice on your resume, the cover letter dilemma and everyone's job search issues and questions. I guarantee you will hear something new in Phil's webinar that you can use in your job search today - information which you have not heard anywhere else! You will not be disappointed." - S.M.

"Phil has a great grasp on the practicalities of recruiting from the employer perspective, as well as the changing trends in seeking out the next opportunity including the use of social media. I have many takeaways from this webinar and recommend this as a must attend!" - F.E.

"This is straight talk from a guy who has the experience, research and contacts, and the know-how to help us maximize our opportunities. He doesn't pitch gimmicks or shortcuts; he gives guidance, answers questions about the job market and how our resumes are handled, and gives tips that help us get the results we want. Well worth it!" - J.M.

"Amazing info shared by Phil in the Resume Revolution Webinar! Who knew that I was wasting my precious time by relying on job boards?? (well, Phil did, of course...)" - S.H.

"His advice on my resume improved my response rate to easily 7/8 for every 10 sent, and I can say the resulting response was directly responsible for helping to find and land my current engagement." - D.M.

You'll Learn All This At Resume Revolution!

* Actionable tips to beat the ATS and find a great job during the recession

* How to double your interviews and resume response rate

* Current job market and recession outlook

* What's different about this recession

* How to optimize your job search and resume to today's market realities

* Why things that worked during a strong job market won't work today

... plus

* Come for the Webinar - Stay for the Q & A with job search experts

Enroll now at https://bit.ly/2YXNs1F , or find our future webinars at https://ResumeWebinar.com .

P.S. I've launched the National Unemployment List and invite you to add your name if you're unemployed, affected by temporary closures, had your hours reduced, or have been laid off. The National Unemployment List will be distributed to employers, hiring managers, internal and external recruiters, to help everyone get back to work quickly. So add your name to the National Unemployment List at https://bit.ly/NationalUnemploymentList.

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