If I were building a tool that parses resumes, my tests would probably begin with resumes based on the default Microsoft Word templates. I usually layout my re

If I were building a tool that parses resumes, my tests would probably begin with resumes based on the default Microsoft Word templates. I usually layout my resume in something like InDesign and render it as a PDF. Anecdotally, those parsers perform terribly on them. For instance, a couple years ago Jobvite had a problem parsing tables in PDFs rendered with Adobe Quartz PDF print driver. They wouldn't allow you continue until the parser succeeded. Their recommendation was that I rewrite my resume in Word.