Whatever you do, don't choose sans serif, Arial, CMYK, printed on 3.5 x 2 card stock :)
[...] When dealing with an ATS, a text-based resume with clear headers is the best way to go. That way, the software can parse through your resume accurately, picking out all of the juicy details the hiring manager is seeking (i.e. “brand manager,” “Harvard,” “marketing”).Creative formats such as infographic resumes and video resumes cannot be properly scanned for relevant information.
Good advice.
Mercer’s What’s Working™ survey reveals that rank-and-file employees have a dramatically different – less positive and more skeptical – perspective on their jobs and employers compared to both managers and senior managers.
More info: http://mthink.mercer.com/the-great-divide/
[...] A new breed of work searchers – call them ‘social job seekers’ – are utilizing the big social networks in ingenious ways in order to find their dream jobs, and so far they’re having great success. It turns out, the more you use a social network, the more likely you are to find a job through the service: 1 in 4 ‘super social seekers’ successfully network through Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn.
[...] So, let's recap: A whopping 82% of people add Facebook friends because they know them in real life. On the flip side, 55% remove friends for "offensive comments" and 41% remove friends because they realize that they don't know them very well. This suggests that most Facebook users don't really know the people they friend in the first place.
Imaginative presentation. Click through to the original to see links to the stories that are the background for many of the metrics and facts mentioned.
