Or… I know what I’m talking about maybe.

For perspective, I sit at around a 40%-50% callback rate on my submissions to go to screening, when I’m looking for a job.

Formatting is honestly a big part. Left align what matters.

Too wordy, missing key details, too big, too small, etc

Missing they key words the job posting covers. If the job posting talks about Node and angular and your resume doesn’t explicitly namedrop them, then it loses a tonne of points.

Usually the majority of resumes that pass the sanity check then go to screening. You’d be surprised how many people just screw up basic stuff.

Every single time I’ve had someone complain to me about job offers, I’ll grab a random job posting I find and ask em to send me the version of their resume + cover letter they would send to that specific posting.

Quite often within a min or two I can find several reasons why their resume would’ve gotten bin’d

Usually these sorts of results are an issue with your resume or cover letter.

As someone on the other end, the sheer amount of applications I get means any resume that isn’t setup correctly can just go straight into the bin and I still have hundreds of good resumes to work with.

If the majority of your applications get rejected/ignored BEFORE a screener that means your resume or cover letter is improperly formatted or something is wrong with them that triggers an auto reject