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Emailing resumes/CVs in Adobe PDF format...

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littlejon

TRIBE Member
there is no question.

fonts are embedded in pdfs and not in word.
word docs will reflow unpredictably depending on what version of word is used for viewing, pdfs very rarely screw up.

plus pdfs just have more class.
 
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Lysistrata

Well-Known TRIBEr
totally, bring on the pdf. also, if you put your cover letter in the body of the email, i can just pdf it to accompany the resume if i'm going to pass it on to the hiring manager (i.e. if you're good enough.)(not that you're emailing it to me, just speaking as an HR person who receives resumes, and as one in hte OPS if you're still looking there.)
 
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~atp~

TRIBE Member
I used to submit documents in my Comp Sci program as TeX. I still prefer LaTeX over any other documentation program.
 
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oddmyth

TRIBE Member
my last resume was done in Latex. you have to be really nerdy or spent years typesetting textbooks (I did stats textbooks, including all the tables in the appendix .. uggh .. thank god for booze).

Of course that resume was exported to pdf ..

PDF!
 
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JamesM

JamesM

TRIBE Member
it's a super NAY.

There are many recruiters out there still using legacy software to import DOC files, perform keyword scans etc etc.

Legacy software doesn't support PDF usually, only DOC, Text.

When these guys do their job searches they can cross reference keywords on the job with the keywords found in your resume. So if it can't be scanned then..

I used to work for a staffing software company.
 
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deep

deep

TRIBE Member
JamesM said:
it's a super NAY.

There are many recruiters out there still using legacy software to import DOC files, perform keyword scans etc etc.

Legacy software doesn't support PDF usually, only DOC, Text.

When these guys do their job searches they can cross reference keywords on the job with the keywords found in your resume. So if it can't be scanned then..

I used to work for a staffing software company.
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That went out of business as neanderthal bested cromagnon with tools
 
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littlejon

TRIBE Member
JamesM said:
it's a super NAY.

There are many recruiters out there still using legacy software to import DOC files, perform keyword scans etc etc.

Legacy software doesn't support PDF usually, only DOC, Text.

When these guys do their job searches they can cross reference keywords on the job with the keywords found in your resume. So if it can't be scanned then..

I used to work for a staffing software company.
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- pdfs are easier to check for keywords
- ocr scanning will give you the exact same keyword result as a hardscan
- legacy software can't read office 2008 files correctly, and certainly can't display them
- as a designer i would be laughed at mercilessly if i tried to send a word-based resume
 
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juice

TRIBE Member
I work in the staffing industry and every company I know in this industry can search on PDF's just the same as a word doc.

We actually take our word resumes of candidates and port them over to PDF for many of the above stated reasons.
 
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JamesM

JamesM

TRIBE Member
probably. haven't really worked there since 05.
so
ya

the next gen software looks brilliant though (but still cant do pdf. hell and that office new docx crap.)
 
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screamy

TRIBE Member
As one of Tribe's more technologically challenged members, what I would like to know is how to "clean up" the PDF file prior to saving / sending it.

I know how to combine the files to make one good big file, and totally agree that PDFing would be better than sending it in Word so it can't be changed...but when I PDF stuff the fonts look sort of like they've bled a little...it's not a WYSIWYG anymore and all the time I spent making it pretty (lots of white space, particular fonts, et cetera) winds up having been wasted. It looks like something I would toss in the trash, if I were an HR manager, just on the basis that it doesn't look "clean".

I'm doing it wrong...I just don't know how. Does anyone know what painfully obvious thing I'm missing to make it look like the actual Word document, but with all the advantages of the PDF?
:confused:

PS I have to say this: it's "yea or nay". :p
 
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Ms. Fit

TRIBE Member
wow tribe, you guys are amazing. thanks! and i guess i owe the bf an apology (he reformatted my resume then sent it to me as a pdf file:eek: )
 
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Lysistrata

Well-Known TRIBEr
screamy said:
As one of Tribe's more technologically challenged members, what I would like to know is how to "clean up" the PDF file prior to saving / sending it.

I know how to combine the files to make one good big file, and totally agree that PDFing would be better than sending it in Word so it can't be changed...but when I PDF stuff the fonts look sort of like they've bled a little...it's not a WYSIWYG anymore and all the time I spent making it pretty (lots of white space, particular fonts, et cetera) winds up having been wasted. It looks like something I would toss in the trash, if I were an HR manager, just on the basis that it doesn't look "clean".

I'm doing it wrong...I just don't know how. Does anyone know what painfully obvious thing I'm missing to make it look like the actual Word document, but with all the advantages of the PDF?
:confused:

PS I have to say this: it's "yea or nay". :p
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what are you doing, just printing it as a pdf?
 
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