Some problems do exist with electronic applicant tracking. There is little chances of your name being brought up if the words you use to describe your qualifications do not match what the employer is looking for. There may be less opportunity to negotiate salary, especially if you have included salary requirements or past salary numbers on your resume. Machines can make errors, even if they do so less than humans would. Resumes that have been in a database for a long period of time may become outdated and no longer reflect a person's most recent qualifications.
Many people use their standard resume as a starting point for writing a scannable resume.
The fancy additions you would put into your standard resume to catch the employer's eye will only confuse the OCR equipment and software. Change your action verbs to nouns . Manager and developer are more likely to be used as keywords in a search than managed or developed. Add specific detail . Be specific about which computer programs you know, jobs you've held, skills you possess, awards you have received, and professional organizations to which you belong.