Speaking of Gaming Job-Search Technology...
Speaking of gaming technology to make your resume look more impressive, here’s a no-no for jobseekers: white-fonting.
Apparently this is a “thing” in the same way that SEO “experts” leaving nonsense keywords scattered at the bottom of a page is a “thing” and spammers quoting Proust is a “thing”: it’s a sneaky trick to get you past a robotic gatekeeper, but likely won’t work on any human with half a brain.
Heather Huhman explains exactly what white fonting is: “when an applicant submits a resume via an applicant tracking system (ATS) that appears to be nicely formatted with a traditional black font; however, scattered in the margins of the document are keywords pertaining to the job and employer.
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