Your Job Application Is Being Scored by AI — Here's How to Win

In 2026, roughly 75% of resumes never reach a human. They're filtered by AI before anyone reads them. This isn't news. But what most people get wrong is how modern ATS systems actually work — and what that means for your application strategy. How Modern ATS Actually Works (It's Not Keyword Stuffing) Old ATS systems from 2020 were basically ctrl+F on steroids. Find keyword, check box. That era is over. Modern systems like Greenhouse, Lever, and Workday use semantic matching. They don't just look