Show HN I scraped 743 large employers' careers pages to find their ATS(github.com)
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Show HN I scraped 743 large employers' careers pages to find their ATS
https://github.com/Kayvan-Zahiri/state-of-ats-2026
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Is this good for something, beside being an informal, but kinda educated guess at ATS market share?
Like are there some tricks how to get through different ATS' automated filters which would make it useful to know what they use?
Fair question — market share is the headline, but the per-company lookup is the actual utility.
The reason I built it is that different ATS platforms handle resumes differently. If you know which system you're applying through, you can make more informed formatting decisions instead of guessing.
A few examples:
* Workday tends to be less forgiving of complex formatting (tables, multi-column layouts, headers/footers) and often benefits from using the same terminology that appears in the job description. * Greenhouse collects a substantial amount of structured application data alongside the resume itself. * Taleo is one of the older platforms in the dataset and frequently appears on organizations with more traditional hiring workflows.
So if you look up a company and discover it's running Workday, that may influence how you format and tailor your resume before applying.
The dataset itself is just a lookup table. The interesting part is what you can do once you know which system is on the other side of the application.
The reason I built it is that different ATS platforms handle resumes differently. If you know which system you're applying through, you can make more informed formatting decisions instead of guessing.
A few examples:
* Workday tends to be less forgiving of complex formatting (tables, multi-column layouts, headers/footers) and often benefits from using the same terminology that appears in the job description. * Greenhouse collects a substantial amount of structured application data alongside the resume itself. * Taleo is one of the older platforms in the dataset and frequently appears on organizations with more traditional hiring workflows.
So if you look up a company and discover it's running Workday, that may influence how you format and tailor your resume before applying.
The dataset itself is just a lookup table. The interesting part is what you can do once you know which system is on the other side of the application.
I always wonder how Workday is such a dominant force in the HR world.
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