Because big business is already moving to optically scanned r sum s. Resumix, a California supplier of optical scanning software, has a client list that includes the White House, General Motors, Nike, UCLA, Bell Atlantic, United Parcel Service, and Motorola. It will be just a matter of time before mid-size companies follow suit. If it makes sense to have two versions of your r sum available, one for the OCR reader and the other for humans, congratulate yourself. You're beginning to understand that although old habits die hard, computerization changes the way we do things, and in the end, technical power is a much greater influence on our lives than we ever dreamed.
Action verbs are fine for paper r sum s, but the kiss of death for scanned ones.
You're gonna be surprised. Key words tend to be nouns or noun phrases that reflect job duties. The keyword summary, listed near the top of your r sum is the most important section, for it is via these key words that the computer sorts your capabilities, accepting you, ranking you, or rejecting you. Keyword formats are also different from standard r sum formats. Avoid designer fonts but use fonts with distinctive edges to each character.