{"id":11090,"date":"2023-04-25T13:41:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/what-is-the-ats-system-and-why-isnt-your-resume-reaching-companies-and-recruiters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:08:31","slug":"what-is-the-ats-system-and-why-isnt-your-resume-reaching-companies-and-recruiters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/what-is-the-ats-system-and-why-isnt-your-resume-reaching-companies-and-recruiters\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the ATS system and why isn&#8217;t your resume reaching companies and recruiters?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11090\" class=\"elementor elementor-11090 elementor-1013\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-c7c6995 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c7c6995\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf5a3c color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcf5a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\n\n  <meta charset=\"utf-8\">\n  <title>Bypass ATS systems and attract employers<\/title>\n\n\n\n<h2>Have you ever sent your resume to a company and not received any response?<\/h2>\n\n<p>\nThe problem may not be with your qualifications or experience, but with the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that companies use! \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nThe Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is a smart program used by most companies to screen resumes before they reach recruiters.<br\/>The system reads your resume and analyzes keywords to determine its relevance to the job.<br\/>Here&#8217;s the problem: if your resume isn&#8217;t ATS-optimized, it simply won&#8217;t appear, even if you&#8217;re perfectly qualified.  \n<\/p>\n\n<h3>\ud83d\udca1 How to bypass the system and get the employer&#8217;s attention?<\/h3>\n\n<ol>\n  <li>Use keywords from the job description itself.<\/li>\n  <li>Avoid decorative designs or complex tables that hinder the system&#8217;s ability to read the biography.<\/li>\n  <li>Use clear section titles such as: Education \u2013 Experience \u2013 Skills.<\/li>\n  <li>Save your resume in a simple Word or PDF format without too many images or symbols.<\/li>\n  <li>Make sure the resume contains content rich in strong verbs such as achieved, developed, led, improved.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>\n\ud83d\udccc At SERA SMART, we help you create a resume that is 100% ATS-compliant, ensuring you appear at the top of recruiters&#8217; search results.<br\/>Our team reviews your resume from both a technical and marketing perspective to guarantee it passes through the system and reaches the recruiter. \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nTake the smart step towards your dream job now.<br\/>\ud83d\udcde Contact us to get a free resume evaluation from our experts at SERA SMART.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bypass ATS systems and attract employers Have you ever sent your resume to a company and not received any response?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11090"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11788,"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions\/11788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sera-smart.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}