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Editorial methodology

Every ResumeWin guide and tool output is grounded in modern ATS behavior, recruiter feedback, and federal/state employment regulations. We don't cite recruiter-survey statistics with unverifiable methodology — when conventional wisdom is well-supported in pattern (recruiters do prefer 1-2 page resumes; ATS systems do extract structured fields), we describe the pattern; when a specific number is unverifiable, we don't cite a number.

Primary sources

  • Public ATS vendor documentation (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS) on parsing behavior, supported file types, and ranking algorithms.
  • Federal Trade Commission and EEOC guidance on hiring discrimination, employment-history reporting, and resume content.
  • State pay-transparency laws affecting application content (California, Colorado, NY, WA, IL, etc.).
  • Major job-board public guidance (LinkedIn, Indeed) on resume parsing and recruiter search.
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics for industry-by-industry hiring trend context.

Review process

  1. ATS behavior described in guides is verified against current ATS vendor documentation when published; carrier behavior changes over time and we update accordingly.
  2. Resume length, format, and tailoring guidance reflects directional patterns from recruiter feedback, not specific fabricated survey statistics.
  3. Tool output (the $9.99 analyzer) parses your resume against a specific job description using the same parsing logic ATS systems use.
  4. Cover letter templates are starting points for adaptation, not production-ready output.
  5. Guides are reviewed at least annually; the review date appears in the editorial block at the bottom.

What we explicitly don't do

  • ×We don't cite recruiter surveys with specific sample sizes ('n=625', '82%') when the underlying study is unverifiable.
  • ×We don't guarantee specific interview outcomes from following our advice.
  • ×We don't replace career coaching for senior roles or specialized fields. For executive transitions, defense/regulated industries, federal applications, and academic CVs, work with a domain specialist.

Found something we should correct?

Email hello@resumewin.aiwith a primary source and we'll review and update.

Last reviewed: 2026-04-27.

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