Writing a resume for SAP SuccessFactors
SAP SuccessFactors does not read a document the way other systems do. Here is what it expects, and what we change when you pick it.
What matters here
- SuccessFactors is used mostly by large enterprises with formal req language. Mirror the posting's own vocabulary for titles and processes rather than startup shorthand.
- Name the standards, frameworks and systems in full. Enterprise screens are built around those exact terms.
What we change for SAP SuccessFactors
- Dates
- Written as 03/2021
- Experience heading
- Work Experience
- Summary heading
- Professional Summary
- Bullets
- Plain hyphens, up to 4 per role, under 190 characters each
- Skills
- One flat list, which parses more reliably here
- File to upload
- DOCX
How to tell if an employer uses it
Look at the address bar when you start the application. The system is almost always named in the URL — myworkdayjobs.com, greenhouse.io, taleo.net, jobs.lever.co, icims.com. If you can't tell, leave the setting alone and the general defaults will carry you.
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