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When you send a resume to recruiters, as a nearly universal rule they will cut and paste the base content into their *own* page giving *their* address and contact info and leaving out *yours*.
This, they send to the company hiring managers and HR people.
Now, consider: We have frequent threads on this *technical writing* list about the lack of technical understanding in our own profession. Doesn't it stand to reason that *recruiters* are generally NOT TECHNICAL?
Therefore, they want to do the simplest thing...and if you give them an .pdf file and everyone else gives them a Word file that they can simply do what they always do--WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR "BEAUTIFUL PRINTING" .pdf?
If you guess that *yours* will probably go into the circular bit-bucket, you WIN--but you probably DON'T GET HIRED.
So, justin, if you go through a recruiter, YOUR RESUME WILL BE "MUCKED WITH" -- but usually only as I have outlined. They will usually not edit it otherwise. Too many other candidates available for them to bother.
I am sure there are exceptions. Unless you happen to learn otherwise, I'd suggest you should not bet on it with any given recruiter.
David
-----Original Message from J. Ressler <jressler -at- ewa-denver -dot- com>-----
Mr. Margulis stated:
- Because 100 out of 100 recruiters and HR people reject PDF résumés.
That's why.
No kiddin' huh? Why is that? If I send out my resume, unless directed
otherwise, I always send Word and PDF. I don't like sending the Word
document simply because it can be mucked with, but I guess I should get
over myself that way.
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