Marcus Reed
Hiring & Recruiting Contributor
Former Senior Technical Recruiter9 years in-house
Marcus spent nearly a decade as an in-house technical recruiter, screening thousands of applications through the same Applicant Tracking Systems job seekers are trying to beat. He writes about what actually happens to your resume after you hit 'submit' — how it gets parsed, scored, and surfaced (or buried) — and how to write for the recruiter on the other side of the screen.
Writes about
Technical recruitingATS screeningKeyword matchingResume tailoring
Guides by Marcus
Job Search•7 min
How to Tailor Your Resume to a Job Description (2026 Guide)
A repeatable 6-step method for matching your resume to any job posting — and the keyword mistakes that get strong candidates auto-rejected.
June 13, 2026
Job Search•7 min
Should You Use AI to Write Your Resume? (A Recruiter's Take)
A former recruiter's honest take on AI resumes: what it's great at, where it backfires, and the one rule that keeps AI-written resumes credible.
June 13, 2026