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Some companies want resumes submitted as text or .DOC, for easier keyword searching perhaps. Or to avoid viruses? So the recruiter may OCR the PDF, then "improv
by Tempest1981 6y ago
Some companies want resumes submitted as text or .DOC, for easier keyword searching perhaps. Or to avoid viruses? So the recruiter may OCR the PDF, then "improve" on it.
- pjmlp 6y agoWhy bother? Apparently everyone keeps forgetting that PDFs are editable.
- chungy 6y agoIt's really not made to be and with the exception of an embedded file that's actually editable (eg: LibreOffice optionally keeping an ODT version inside the PDF), "editing" a PDF tends to be a disaster of trying to match the layout with whatever text you are attempting to edit. Certain tools, such as Word and LibreOffice, make it a bit easier as most of the source text is in the document, others like LaTeX end up looking like garbage through machine processing.
- tempestn 6y agoAlthough if you're just trying to add a bullet point to the end of a list that would often be fairly straightforward.
- 1-more 6y agoDoes the PDF contain the whole font in such a way that anyone can add text in that font? I ask because I use uw-garamond from the Mathdesign package.
- mcdevilkiller 6y agoIt can. You decide if the font should be embedded or not.
- 1-more 6y agoRoger dodger. Gonna have to convert everything to vector drawings to be safe.