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And yet they don't. When I was applying some systems got my name wrong. They would chop off two characters. I assure you, that's not how it looked in the PDF.
by gcanyon 3y ago
And yet they don't. When I was applying some systems got my name wrong. They would chop off two characters. I assure you, that's not how it looked in the PDF.
- giantg2 3y agoIf they're expecting text, then why even submit in PDF? Wouldn't a Word document be better? At the very least, if a system has limitations or and expected rigid input, then it should provide that information to the submitter. I'm sure there are terrible systems our there, but I'd be surprised if the average ones aren't decent at OCR.
- b112 3y agoBe careful, the wrong settings, and all your edit history may be available. (This could be bad, depending...) As well, as some others mentioned, some sleezy recruiters will change your resume without permission. Add things/skills. Remove things.
- gcanyon 3y agoThese were systems that were happy to take word, text, pdf, and a few others. Often they expressed a preference for pdf.
- mejutoco 3y agoA word document is also a binary format (unless it is an xml monstrosity) not too different from pdf, but more proprietary. Plus one vould embed an image on word. With a markdown format I would agree, though.