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OCR
Technology
by
ResumeEdge.com
- The Net's Premier
Resume Writing and
Editing Service
Optical Character
Recognition (OCR) was
developed in the 70’s by
Ray Kurzweil, a graduate
of Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology. Although
Mr. Kurzweil’s intent
was to develop a machine
(known as the Kurzweil
Reading Machine) to help
visually impaired
individuals read printed
materials, OCR
technology has since
become indispensable in
modern business.
Generally speaking, what
OCR means to the modern
job hunter is that
initially a computer,
not a human being, will
be scanning the resume
for appropriate
content. Since machines
are not impressed by
font styles and other
formatting enhancements,
content is
all-important, as is the
presentation of your
document in a
scanner-friendly
manner. With computer
technology changing
daily,
"scanner-friendly" may
mean a document stripped
of all formatting and
enhancements, or one
that bears some
formatting that can be
read by the more modern
software.
However, regardless of
which format is used,
content is still
essential, beginning
with keywords.
 Keywords
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