[Rockhounds] OT: Can Using White Font in Your Resume Help You Land a Job?

[Tim Fisher]

That sounds like a good way to get you blacklisted. Hard pass.

Tim Fisher
nospam at orerockon.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 1:28 PM
To: Rockhound List
Subject: [Rockhounds] OT: Can Using White Font in Your Resume Help You Land a Job?

This makes me glad that I am now retired as a geologist and
was looking for jobs back in the digital stone age when AI and ATS
did not exist. I don't know how current geologists deal with this stuff.

The Controversial Practice of “White Fonting” in Resumes
Candice Clark, July 24, 2023
https://fagenwasanni.com/news/the-controversial-practice-of-white-fonting-in-resumes/75231/

Can Using White Font in Your Resume Help You Land a Job?
Rachel Thompson, July 24, 2023
https://dtgreviews.com/ai/job-applicants-are-battling-ai-resume-filters-with-a-hack/126611/

Using White Font on a Curriculum Vitae To Trick Applicant Tracking 
Systems (ATS)
The CV Store
https://www.thecvstore.net/blog/cv-ats-white-font/

paywall

Job applicants are battling AI résumé filters with a hack
‘White fonting’ is used to bypass AI and other tech filters. But is it 
cheating?
By Danielle Abril, Washington Post, July 24, 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/24/white-font-resume-tip-keywords/

Yours,

Paul H.


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