As someone applying for copywriting internships, how chocked-full of keywords does my resume need to be? Do all agencies use ATS scanners for creative positions?

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Just make sure there are no typos or grammatical errors.

Do that and you’ll instantly be among the top 10% of candidates.

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If you are worried about this, listen to the advice here, and then add a second-page stuff with many keywords and turn the text into white and boom, you have a great resume with a second page with a list of keywords ATS will surly detect.

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As someone who’s interviewed a lot of people, I’ve never needed to fire up the ol’ ATS machine. My eyes can read just fine by themselves. And I don’t know what ATS is anyway.

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But how do the resumes get to you? Do the recruiters send you every resume, or do the recruiters just send you the ones that pass the ATS test?

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I’ve never had a legit shop even ask for a resume. Any relevant info can be found on my LinkedIn or in my book.

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Also have never heard of this ATS contraption.

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Just focus on putting good ideas in your portfolio.

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An ATS (applicant tracking system) is a tool recruiters use to track applicants. They can be used to scan resumes for keywords that are relevant to the job the applicant applied for, which then assigns a score to the applicant, so that the recruiter only has to look at resumes with a high ranking.

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Worry more about highlighting your relevant experience. And have every single friend you have check it for typos - or maybe just the smart ones.

What the heck is an ATS scanner?

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