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Updated 11/01/23. When you apply to jobs, does it feels like resume scanning software is the Green Monster of the career world? We can help. Job recruiters use LinkedIn as their primary job board to post vacancies and search for business professionals in the Boston and Massachusetts region. Executive recruiters sourcing C-level talent use digital professional networks to locate candidates. The LinkedIn digital network is the most prestigious job board listing 200,000+ job openings in the Boston area. Business social media provides the capability to see how you are digitally related to the hiring manager and department executive at your target organization, then you can message them on LinkedIn. This technique requires that you have a hard-skill keyword-optimized profile and professional resume that can improve your visibility in LinkedIn and Google search algorithms.

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ATS Friendly Resume Format Explained

Applicant tracking system (ATS) is software job recruiters use to automatically import, scan, filter, and rank resumes submitted when candidates upload them to job postings. ATS cannot read and process documents with fancy formats. A resume with tables, charts, images, two columns, boxes, headers, and footers, will likely be rejected by the ATS before a human sees it. Professional resumes use a simple, text-only format. LinkedIn is the place to add images, videos, articles, and other creative examples of your work.

Good Vs Bad ATS Resume Examples

Resume layout Boston job recruiters expect to see:

Format: use reverse-chronological work experience resume format. List your most recent job at the top.

Fonts: use narrow width fonts like Calibri or another sans-serf font like Arial

Heading font-size: 11 or 12-point size

Body text font-size: 10.5 is the standard resume font size, but 10 or 11 are acceptable.

Line spacing: prefer .5 between experiences, but 0 is acceptable.

Resume margins: .5 or .75 inches all around.

Dates: include year and month 01/202-07/2023.

File type: submitting a resume in Microsoft Word is acceptable. A PDF is not required.

Boston Resume critical parts and sections:

Header: Your contact information.

Headline: One line that summarizes your skills and presumed new job goals

Biography: 5-8 sentence summary of your abilities and accomplishments.

Skills: add your skills that match the jobs you seek in common industry terminology.

Work Experience: your job scope and quantifiable achievements.

Education: degrees, certifications, and certificates.

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Regardless of what part of Boston you reside, Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Cambridge, Charlestown, Dorchester, North End, South Boston, Waltham, or anywhere in Massachusetts or New Hampshire, to apply for jobs or have visibility with recruiters, you need a keyword-optimized digital profile, professional resume that highlights your job scope, accomplishments, and skills. Since 2009, our in-house, top-rated team has written thousands of the best-performing resumes and profiles that can increase the visibility of abilities, experience, and education. We know what works with job recruiters. We are five-star rated on Yelp, Google, and the Better Business Bureau. The path to becoming an executive is a long journey. Convert your career dreams into realities by collaborating with us to write your career story. We’re located in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood at 30 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116. Please email us or call us at 857-302-0988.

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LinkedIn profile expert headshotChristian is the founder and president of Klaxos. He launched Klaxos in 2009 when he recognized the impact LinkedIn would have on B2B social selling, digital professional networking, job recruiting, and resume optimization.

 Learn more about me, our process and top-rated results here.