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Resumes Are Dying — Here’s What’s Replacing Them
How modern hiring is leaving resumes behind
Sending off a resume and tailoring a cover letter to a specific employer used to be the gold standard when applying to jobs.
This is no longer the case. While many companies and employers still ask for them, traditional resumes are increasingly seen as too static, too one-dimensional, to provide any actionable information for recruiters and hiring managers.
There are solid reasons employers are turning away from resumes, and there are all sorts of new things they are looking for instead.
Resumes simply don’t provide the necessary information
Resumes used to be a fast, simple way for employers to find employees with the qualifications they wanted. When humans had to read all the job applications themselves, it helped to have one page of information that highlighted a person’s degree and job titles in handy, bullet-pointed lists.
Because employers now tend to receive so many applications for so many positions, they typically employ applicant tracking systems (ATS) to sift through them and discard those that don’t include keywords or formatting required by the recruiter or hiring manager.
