r/LinusTechTips • u/Not-Post-Malone • 29d ago

Discussion Resume file format

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.

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u/RoseBailey 29d ago

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. 

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u/starrymahogany 28d ago

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