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  <title>Rejectory</title>
  <subtitle>Notes on applying well</subtitle>
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    <title>How Does an ATS Read Your Resume?</title>
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    <updated>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <published>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</published>
    <summary>An ATS files and searches applications, it does not score them. What really breaks resumes is formatting, and a thirty-second test finds every case of it.</summary>
    <author><name>Kadir Aslan</name></author>
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    <title>Why Does One Application Beat Fifty?</title>
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    <updated>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <published>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</published>
    <summary>Sending the same resume everywhere costs more time than preparing a few properly, and usually returns less. Here is the twenty-minute version of tailoring.</summary>
    <author><name>Kadir Aslan</name></author>
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  <entry>
    <title>What Happens After You Hit Send?</title>
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    <id>https://rejectory.com/blog/after-you-hit-send</id>
    <updated>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <published>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</published>
    <summary>Parsed, queued, scanned for seconds, then passed on or quietly dropped. The real timeline of an application, and what the silence usually means.</summary>
    <author><name>Kadir Aslan</name></author>
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  <entry>
    <title>How Do Recruiters Read a Posting?</title>
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    <updated>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <published>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</published>
    <summary>Most postings are assembled by several people, so the requirements are a mix of real and aspirational. Position, repetition and specificity tell you which are which.</summary>
    <author><name>Kadir Aslan</name></author>
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  <entry>
    <title>Why Keep Your Search in a Folder?</title>
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    <updated>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</updated>
    <published>2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00</published>
    <summary>A job search spans years and has to be readable long after the tool that made it. The case for plain files in storage you control, including what that design costs.</summary>
    <author><name>Kadir Aslan</name></author>
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