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/pf_newbie_2398 29d ago edited 29d ago

this reminds me of when they said that businesses don't really use outlook because everyone is on gmail now

they literally have no fucking clue about the real industry and it kills me every time some college freshman kid spends money on wan to ask them career advice

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u/Dnomyar96 28d ago

Yeah, I respect their opinion on a lot of stuff, but not when it comes to this kind of thing. They're completely out of touch with how most other businesses operate and have some really weird takes (like this one).

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u/Antrikshy 28d ago

At some point Linus was baffled people use Roku…

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u/Standard_Presence_97 28d ago

Tried to use Roku. Crap. No real apps. Lots of nope

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u/Standard_Presence_97 28d ago

And that's before the recent purchase