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Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostI think the ATS can deal with PDF these days, but its the agents who usually prefer Word format I understand.
Is it worth having your CV dumped by say 25% recruiers (or some other proportion of awkward sods) in the current market?
I always recommend DOCX to people now - anything you do to make things even slightly more hard work for agents or clients can be detrimental - and it has basically no downsides for you.Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostAgreed. The other year (back when times were still good!) I had a marked uptick in calls after uploading in .doc instead of .pdf.
I always recommend DOCX to people now - anything you do to make things even slightly more hard work for agents or clients can be detrimental - and it has basically no downsides for you.
My issue was that the word version (from which the PDF is generated) has all the data in nice text boxes & columns laid out etc. so if the agents carelessly hit some enter keys in them, the data may get overflown and not show up etc.
The PDF version once compiled to PDF, preserves that by freezing all that, and hence the layout or data won't be misaligned.
Anyway, the DOCX is now out there in the wild!
I am now actively on my Plan-B side projects slowly becoming main ones going forward, since I have lost all hopes with the contract market for the future.Last edited by CosmicWave; 8 September 2020, 10:21.Comment
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Originally posted by CosmicWave View PostThanks, guys. I have uploaded the DOCX version now. I am not expecting any magic to happen... since the PDF used to work well so far until COVID hit.
My issue was that the word version (from which the PDF is generated) has all the data in nice text boxes & columns laid out etc. so if the agents carelessly hit some enter keys in them, the data may get overflown and not show up etc.
The PDF version once compiled to PDF, preserves that by freezing all that, and hence the layout or data won't be misaligned.
Anyway, the DOCX is now out there in the wild!
I am now actively on my Plan-B side projects slowly becoming main ones going forward, since I have lost all hopes with the contract market for the future.Comment
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Isn't there a trick with PDF where you put all the keywords in tiny white font behind the main text, or some such?Comment
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I send out physical copies by post to get around automated scanners. Agents tend to appreciate this because it saves them the hassle of printing.Comment
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Originally posted by jayn200 View PostReally? String manipulation is extremely common in almost everything. Curious what kind of background you have if you didn't share that experience.Comment
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Originally posted by ittony View PostWell, there's string manipulation, and then there's find the longest palindromic substring in O(n) time string manipulation.First Law of Contracting: Only the strong surviveComment
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Originally posted by CosmicWave View PostBut this is exactly how things used to be until March... at least in my experience.
Phone call, tech interview / discussions, and contract offered.
Never had to do all these online based tests, etc.
Anyway, just another thought - Has anybody tried uploading their CV to Jobserve et al. in PDF format rather than Word.
Does that help better or add value? or is Word format document still the king?
Just a random thought!
My CV has always been in PDF for a long time, and had no issues... well... until March at least.Comment
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Originally posted by hungry_hog View Postthat's a bit like saying - does it make a difference if you screw up a piece of paper before throwing in the binComment
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