Just realized my resume was getting ignored because I used a 2 column layout

Was sending out resumes for like 4 months and getting nothing back. My buddy who's a recruiter looked at it and said the ats software couldnt parse half my info because of the columns. Changed it to a simple single column format last sunday and finally got an interview call on wednesday. Anyone else have their fancy formatting screw them over?

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abby_carr573mo ago

But don't recruiters still need to actually read it once you get past the software?

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jamie_clark3mo ago

Swapped to single column and had an interview within a week too.

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