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On this note. Do I even need a resume in Word? Can I just make a plain text resume and expect it will be parsed all to hell before anyone sees it anyway?
by Buttons840 3y ago
On this note. Do I even need a resume in Word? Can I just make a plain text resume and expect it will be parsed all to hell before anyone sees it anyway?
- dheera 3y agoI never used Word for resumes, and turned down hiring departments and recruiters that asked for my resume in Word format. I don't even have any Microsoft products on a personal machine. I only do PDF or plain text if PDF is a problem.
- coding123 3y agoIt is actually possible to have create a "word" document using libreoffice
- dheera 3y agoI would still have to redo the whole thing in LibreOffice, and I don't wish to. It's also a terrible format because I want to control the layout with precision and ensure it renders on the other end exactly as I intended it to.
- Buttons840 3y agoHow did you produce the PDF without Word or LibreOffice?
- dheera 3y agoWith real desktop publishing software? I use Scribus for my resume, personally.
- earthling8118 3y agoPersonally I use https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoThat can create pagination issues when the fonts don't match on the recipient's side because you used a libre font with different metrics than what Word ends up substituting. It's safer to stick with PDF.
- arbitrary_name 3y agoYou can save in .doc or .docx format using Google docs, and read those formats as well, although it sometimes fails to parse correctly
- fatfingerd 3y agoI'd expect actual potential coworkers (real interviewers) to see the format I submitted so I usually do PDF.
- JohnFen 3y agoI always use PDF.