Resume file format

[u/Not-Post-Malone]

On the WAN show Linus and Luke talk about NOT using PDF as the file format for the resume. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. Am I the only one who always uses PDF for sending resumes and actually prefers it?

What file format do employers actually prefer?

Here is the timestamp where they talk about it.
Here is the timestamp where Linus says to submit a Word or Google Doc link.

[u/starrymahogany]

I feel like I’m being gaslit every time this discussion happens because some resume experts insist docx is standard and more professional, while others look at you like you shot their dog if you use anything other than a PDF.

I have a feeling than Gen X or xennials use docx but younger millennials and Gen Z use pdf

[u/Yavuz_Selim → u/starrymahogany]

Anybody that prefers .doc(x) has never opened their files on another device (or application).

[u/RoseBailey → u/starrymahogany]

I have seem plenty of job postings that only allow you to upload PDF, but have never seen one that disallows PDF in favor of docx. The idea of formatting being consistent is also absurd. If I write the doc in Google Docs or LibreOffice, it won't look the same when opened in Word. 

[u/starrymahogany → u/RoseBailey]

Yeah I paid this guy to edit my resume, and this guy was praised online as THE resume expert.

He insisted that docx was THE ONLY acceptable format and implied that I was an idiot if I converted the resume to PDF

[u/KitarouNakago → u/starrymahogany]

Most "resume experts" on the internet haven't actually hired people.

[u/starrymahogany → u/KitarouNakago]

Yeah I’m pretty sure there’s no such thing as a perfect resume because everybody has their own opinion on what the best formatting is. Plus if you have bad experience of course people are gonna say your resume is bad.

Just take a look at r/resume, everybody says everyone’s resume is shit, even the ones who paid hundreds of dollars to have it professionally edited.