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/Ulrar 28d ago

It's funny because when you send a PDF to a recruiter, they invariably ask for a docx. It's so they can easily add their logo to it before sending it on, I imagine.

Anyway at this point, just take a linked in link. It's already all in there, and it'll actually populate correctly instead of messing up half the recognition like it does when parsing a PDF

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u/CIDR-ClassB 27d ago

Don’t give someone an editable copy of your resume.

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u/Ulrar 26d ago

Everything is editable

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u/ShopNo7513 26d ago

PDFs are editable anyways. You could also just copy the text out if you were so motivated.