Getting noticed in the numerous AI generated exaggerated resumes when applying for jobs

[Miner]

As a result of how long I have been a QE..., Given my many years of experience...

Are you putting too much information in such that you are being passed over for "age discrimination"? That is rampant in the hiring process. Once you pass a certain age, its a good idea to omit older jobs and omit dates from your degrees. Many companies will hire a younger person with less experience so they can pay less.
If you have any military experience, many larger companies do look for that. My company does. Also, some companies do have DEI initiatives that will direct a much higher percentage of diverse candidate resumes to the hiring manager and will restrict the flow of non-diverse candidate resumes. There are also quotas on the percentage of diverse interviews given. Seen this first hand. It isn't internet hype.

 

[Randy]

Also, some companies do have DEI initiatives that will direct a much higher percentage of diverse candidate resumes to the hiring manager and will restrict the flow of non-diverse candidate resumes. There are also quotas on the percentage of diverse interviews given. Seen this first hand. It isn't internet hype.

That should not happen, it's discriminatory in and of itself.

 

[Ed Panek]

That should not happen, it's discriminatory in and of itself.

There are more effective methods to weed out any racial preferences or veteran status or economic backgrounds for the most part.

 

[Bev D]

I too limited my job history and removed dates from my degree and other things.

I focused on a few big achievements and had a 2 column list of my skills with acronyms and words on the first page. This was to get past the key word search engines (AI is nothing new in this).

The OP might try using AI to generate text commentary as it writes better than most people. Editing for truth of course.

And discrimination is rampant - always has been. Some of us remember when resumes required pictures. Try to figure out what the filter is and work around it. It’s harder to discriminate once you get past the filter.

 

[outdoorsNW]

Regarding dropping my oldest experience, I have already removed some of it and any dates for college. The issue I am running into is I spent 10 years at my oldest job and had a lot of great experience and accomplishments there. Because I started as a contractor there, I think I can move the start year up by two years. Dropping my oldest job would mean I only show 8 years of experience, which might be a good thing for lower level jobs but also takes away half my measurable accomplishments and some of my experience with specific skills

My other problem is my last two jobs, which I held for only about two years and one year, did not produce much that looks good on a resume

My most recent job was a bad situation. The actual job was quite different from the job description and what I was told during the interview process. Management actively prevented me from using good quality practices and was unwilling to change even when I presented regulatory requirements that required a change. (I know it’s best to avoid rocking the boat; in hindsight, I think my mistake was not going over certain people’s heads about failures to meet regulatory requirements.)

Despite having a “senior” title, much of my work could be done by somebody with only a small amount of quality experience (and the work is the kind of experience few companies are looking for). A couple of outside recruiters have told me I am not the first person with this experience at this company.

The job before that was at a startup where I knew going in there were a lot of issues. I had a small number of good accomplishments from unusual projects, but did not/was not able to use the common quality tools and skills in the way that most job descriptions ask for.

Later this week I am going to create a resume that has a longer skills list at the top and drops my oldest job.

However, the problem I see is ATS systems already have problems with the short skills summary I have at the top of my resume. They often think it is another job. Right now, almost everything in my skills summary is mentioned at least once more on my resume, sometimes on the second page and creates an additional use of a likely keyword for a skill which may help the ATS think I am a good choice.