Do Australian companies use ATS systems?

Yes — virtually all large Australian employers do. The Big Four banks, the mining majors, the telcos, retail giants, the federal and state governments, and the leading Australian tech companies all use ATS engines — typically Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle Taleo, Greenhouse, or Lever. Seek (Australia's dominant job board) also applies its own keyword filtering on top of recruiter searches. To check a specific employer, open one of their job postings and look at the apply page URL.

What is the Australian CV format expectation?

Australian CVs are similar to UK and US conventions: 2 pages for mid-career, 3 pages acceptable for senior. No photo, no date of birth, no marital status. Single-column, standard fonts (Calibri, Arial). Include 'Right to Work in Australia' status clearly — citizenship, PR, 482/186/187 visa, or working holiday visa. Australian recruiters explicitly filter on right-to-work status for compliance reasons, and ATS engines look for it as a keyword.

Should I list my visa status on my Australian resume?

Yes — visa status is a hard filter applied by virtually all Australian employers for compliance. Place it clearly in your contact section: 'Right to Work: Australian Citizen' or 'Right to Work: Permanent Resident' or 'Right to Work: 482 Subclass (Employer-Sponsored)' etc. Hiding it makes recruiters assume the worst (no work rights). For temporary visa holders, listing it transparently actually helps — many roles are open to 482 holders and recruiters need to know upfront.

How much does ATS Verification cost in Australian dollars?

The free scan costs nothing — no card, no signup. If you want a rebuilt resume, the Verbatim Rebuild is $5 USD (~AUD 7.50), Enhanced with AI bullet rewrites is $9 USD (~AUD 13.50), and the full Bundle with JD-matching is $14 USD (~AUD 21). Payment via Stripe (Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay). Australian-issued cards work natively. Local AUD payment support is on our roadmap.

Should I use a 'Selection Criteria' format for Australian government jobs?

Yes for public-sector roles (APS, state government, health, education). Australian government applications typically require responses to specific 'selection criteria' as a separate document — not embedded in your CV. But for private-sector roles, a standard ATS-friendly CV is correct. Don't mix formats; maintain separate templates for each application type.

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Why Australian ATS hiring runs harder than most realise

Australia's relatively concentrated economy means a small number of large employers absorb a disproportionate share of white-collar hiring. The Big Four banks, the mining majors, the telcos, the retail giants, and the leading Australian tech companies collectively run ATS-routed hiring for the majority of skilled white-collar roles.

The dominant parsers are Workday (Australian banking, mining, telcos, large retail, aviation), SAP SuccessFactors (parts of retail and mining), Oracle Taleo (older enterprise deployments), and Greenhouse / Lever (most Australian tech startups and high-growth SaaS). Seek, Australia's dominant job board, also runs its own keyword search filtering on top of employer ATSes.

Australia's unique filtering signal: Right to Work status. Every major Australian employer filters for visa status as a hard compliance check. Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents are weighted highest; 482 / 186 / 187 visa holders are next; Working Holiday and Student visa holders typically apply only to roles open to those categories. Listing your status clearly in your CV contact section is essential — both for ATS keyword matching and recruiter screening.

5 mistakes we see most often on Australian CVs

Visa status / Right to Work missing entirely

Every Australian recruiter checks this within 5 seconds of opening a CV. Templates from the UK or US often omit it because it's not a US/UK convention. For Australian applications, place a clear line in your contact section: 'Right to Work: Australian Citizen' or 'Right to Work: Permanent Resident' or 'Right to Work: 482 Visa (Skilled — Engineering)'. The parser indexes this as a hard filter signal.

Two-column 'modern' templates

Same problem as everywhere else — Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Greenhouse all read left-to-right by row, scrambling your work history. Single-column only. The Seek template builder still defaults to two-column in some flows — switch.

Selection criteria responses inside the CV

Australian public-sector applications (APS, state government) often require formal selection criteria responses — but these belong in a SEPARATE document, not embedded in your CV. Many candidates make the mistake of stuffing selection criteria responses into their CV bullets. This bloats the CV beyond ATS-friendly length AND confuses parsers about job-bullet structure. Keep them separate.

Dates in DD/MM/YYYY format

Australian convention (DD/MM/YYYY) is parsed inconsistently by Workday and Greenhouse, which default to US MM/DD/YYYY expectations. 'Mar 2022 – Aug 2024' or 'March 2022 – August 2024' eliminates the ambiguity completely. Don't use slash-separated numeric dates if you want your work history correctly attributed to the right years.

Including the wrong reference format

Australian CVs traditionally end with 'References: Available on request' — but in 2026 this line wastes valuable real estate. ATSes don't extract anything from it, and recruiters assume references are available regardless. Skip the line entirely. Use the saved space for an additional quantified bullet on your most recent role.

Which ATS is common in which Australian sector?

Sector-level patterns based on aggregated job-board metadata (apply-page URLs and ATS-specific subdomains visible on careers sites). Individual employers change providers periodically — the breakdown below describes typical deployments in each sector, not authoritative claims about any specific company. Run the free scan to see how your resume parses against the major engines regardless of which one your target employer uses.

The Big Four Australian banks and investment banks: Workday and Oracle Taleo
Mining majors and resources: SAP SuccessFactors and Workday
Telcos: Workday is dominant
Large grocery, hardware, and discount retail: SAP SuccessFactors
Leading Australian tech and SaaS companies: Greenhouse and Lever
Aviation: Workday
Australian online-classifieds and consumer-tech: Greenhouse
Federal and state government: APSjobs portal + custom government ATS
Australian job boards (Seek, LinkedIn Australia, Indeed Australia): Built-in keyword filters + employer-side ATS routing

How to verify the specific ATS your target employer uses: open one of their job postings and inspect the apply page URL. myworkdayjobs.com → Workday, successfactors.com → SAP SuccessFactors, taleo.net → Oracle Taleo, boards.greenhouse.io → Greenhouse, jobs.lever.co → Lever.

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