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Discussion on: 8 steps to increase your Developer Resume response rate by 90%

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Raunak Ramakrishnan

It can be useful for developers trying to get a foothold in industry. Entry-level coding jobs have bad HR screening where the HR blindly checks resumes for certain keywords and bins the non-conforming ones. The result is an arms race of adding more and more keywords to resumes.

Once you have your first job, the situation is different. In such a situation, more keywords attract spammy recruiters/bots.

I agree with your point of being careful before sending such a resume. Best advice will be to read the job description carefully. If it is buzzword heavy, keep a buzzword heavy resume ready to send.