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This is why my resume is a pdf uwu
this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025
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Print it out and scan it and print it back to a 300MB PDF.
Download as PDF. It's so dumb when people send .docx and other project files.
I was following the Grateful Dead from 1985 to 1995.
Solution: print as pdf
Print as PDF, then screenshot the opened PDF, and OCR it back into word before printing to PDF one last time.
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Unfortunately still can't stop someone from importing the PDF into Word anyway 🫠
We don't interact with those people
Unfortunately ceasing interaction with those people ceases the interaction of their money and your bank account 😔
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I had a rule about companies I applied to. I sent them my resume as a PDF and Word 2003 document. If they still couldn’t read it, I didn’t want to work there anymore.
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If you send your resume in word format and not pdf or even image, I did not open it at all.
Image?
He's a gif of my CV, just pause it to read the pages
You have no idea what crazy idea people in the communication field have implemented in CV.
I've had recruiters reject anything that isn't in word format.
That's because they can easily edit it or change it before sending it out
That's why pdf, it has annotation feature while being not editable.
Isn’t is possible to send a Word doc in read only mode? I’ve been sending mine PDF as I search recently but some companies do require a docx or at least have in the past
Dunno. Maybe there's a flag and the other side uses MS office too, follows that flag. But at least keep a copy, if you send as docx.
PDFs are absolutely editable, but usually you need paid application for that. Thanks to some dumbassery in my previous job, I had to use the paid version of Adobe because I regularly had to edit PDFs. There are some security options that can make PDFs more challenging to edit, even with the paid tools, but I've always found ways around those too, usually by simply using "Print to PDF", then editing the output file.
If you're applying somewhere that's annotating the file instead of printing it out and writing on it in pen, they should be able to buy an enterprise license for some PDF editor or other. Or the knowledge to find a free PDF editor somewhere.
Okular has annotations and signing
Inkscape can let you edit evrything
Yes, you can. But it's not made for that and you shouldn't. And is that process lossless?
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“Can you explain this kerning?”
“For reasons I cannot understand, you set your system font to Copperplate Gothic.”
This is why the PDF format exists
But then recruitment companies can't get you in to trouble by editing and embellishing your CV before sending it to the potential employer. /S (and yes this came up before)
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https://rxresu.me/ (FOSS, option to self host)
You're welcome, chat.
The real FOSS option is to make your resume in LaTeX.
Make a program with RISC V assembly that shows your animated resume and ship it with your light powered business card.
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Where did this extremely dumb habit come from where people refer to anyone online as “chat”?
This wasn’t a thing a couple of years ago. Is this just internet brain rot taking over?
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well you’re not hired because it took you six hours to format a single document. bad time management. also your document editor of choice is google docs when libreoffice and onlyoffice exist, yuck
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Where I work you keep a txt copy of your CV to apply on different positions because the online form has you copy-paste it in a text box anyway so all the formatting is gone.
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If I don't get the resume on a clay tablet I'll just assume they don't know shit.
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You obviously should use Latex and send them the PDF file.
Ooooorr he could just print it on a latex condom.
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