re: FAA had list of code words black applicants were told to put in resume to stand out

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FAA created a specific list of code words that the Black Caucus of Federal Aviation Employees were told to use in their resumes for when applying for FAA jobs. This allowed the HR Scanning applications to pick the Black applicants out of the batches and move them to the top of the hiring candidates list.

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I've always thought you could just use keywords from the job description in your resume and accomplish the same outcome.

Other than my first job out of AU undergrad - back in the days when you mailed out cover letters and resumes - I've never acquired a job by blindly submitting a resume to a job link or submitting to some female marm in HR. It has always been word-of-mouth, being recruited by recruiters, or tracking down the person hiring (usually via LinkedIn).

I told my two nephews a couple of years ago before they graduated that if they spent a couple of hours tracking down the hiring managers for jobs and actually talk to them, they'd have a leg up on 98% of the other candidates. They had several job options each when they graduated.