The short answer is...there are many universal data formats for resumes [1]. Longer answer is that actually coming up with a universal data format that encompas

The short answer is...there are many universal data formats for resumes [1]. Longer answer is that actually coming up with a universal data format that encompasses all the nuances of all fields that use resumes is actually HARD and no one wants to halt their hiring process long enough to solve that problem. Longest answer is that if you put your work history, education, and a title in a PDF, then you already are conforming to a universal data format...just not in the way you may be thinking, and data parsing is not the hardest problem in the hiring process. Until choosing candidates actually becomes automated, no one will care enough to do this. 1: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/