Some companies such as Google receive 75,000 job applications in a week, according to HireRight, an employee background check provider based on Irvine, Calif.

To help identify the best applicant in the barrage of resumes, many employers now employ Applicant Tracking Systems, or “robots” that sort the metaphorical stacks of resumes before a human even gets his or her hands on them.

To help stay in the hunt long enough for one of your fellow flesh-and-blood professionals to read what you have to offer, HireRight, assembled the below infographic, including eight do’s and dont’s to write a “robot friendly resume.”

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