Resume & ATS Guides

• Workday resume parsing test: what filled, what vanished

  We uploaded one resume to Workday in one and two columns at two employers. Four uploads, one resume: the layout changed nothing, one field never filled.

• PDF or DOCX: which resume file should you send?

  When to send your resume as a PDF, when Word (.docx) is safer, and the one rule that beats both — with the reasons parsers treat the formats differently.

• What an ATS actually does with your resume

  How applicant tracking systems really handle your resume — parsing, knockout questions, and recruiter search — and what actually gets applications rejected.