Why is it that not HR practitioners cannot understand the pain of receiving PDF resumes?

Because I work experience is limited, did not do under Linux development (will run a Kill, VI, such as simple shell script), with a small Mac system, so the view is somewhat one-sided, the following suggestions for reference only.

In addition, I think PDFs can support browsing on almost all platforms and have advantages across platforms. The disadvantage is not easy to modify, recruitment system parsing error More, at least I know that a certain education listed companies in the PDF analysis of the correct rate should be less than 50% this year. PDF supports encryption and becomes a picture version.

Many people's view is that I am very bull, you do not hire me is your loss; I'm sorry, it's not. If you are willing to understand the workflow of HR, would like to stand in their perspective, for their consideration, I believe that your entry is helpful.

You're a cow, so it doesn't matter.

To tell you the truth, if you really cow, any format is not a problem, HR knows you are very cow, she will find IT department to turn your resume into Word input system, even find an intern put your PDF A word of a word typing system. So your resume is a PDF or Word or even a picture, really does not matter ah.

As a skilled headhunter, I often convert pdf resumes, and then follow the standard format of the recommended report to the customer. Occasionally the candidate will be doc format, because we send out a recommendation report, not a resume.

Talk about the drawbacks of a PDF resume.

The HR department will write some of the comments in the report or resume, and then take a paper resume to the interview, you know? I haven't tried a pdf annotation, so I don't know if I can print it out.

As HR, regular interview will print a paper resume, if it is a PDF CV, occasionally printed out problems, and is a big probability event. (I've met 10 times, to tell the truth, I don't know why) this, you know?

In addition, Baidu, Ali, Tencent has a recruitment system. Even small companies are on the hiring system, and word generally supports attachment parsing. If it is a PDF, then the resume input system basically need manual, PDF copy is a disaster ah.

Tell me about word resumes.

The Mac system that colleagues use, seemingly can open word resume. I use the XP, the home is using Windows 7, open docx Word resume also no problem, and now Office open Word plug-in has been very popular, so send me docx or I sent to HR docx never appeared in the problem. So word, everyone open up is no problem.

Say something I think a lot of people don't know but it's important

Many companies, or even the top 500 companies, their company email recruitment account, there may be interns in maintenance, external posts to the major recruitment stations, such as the Hook, Peking University, such as the company's HR grassroots. Because the above hiring manager is too busy, every day interview, and department communication positions, screening recruitment specialist, headhunting, Department of internal recommendation of the resume, they are busy crazy, outside the technical content of the work, they generally do not have time to do, to hand to get.

So, if you send a. tex file, these people will think that the probability that you are wrong is far greater than the probability of their being transferred to the technical department for questioning.

In addition, according to an HR said, their company's mailbox inside one months will receive about 1000 resumes, to open the attachment to look, for her, this is a disaster.

Conclusion

So back to the core of the problem, if it is scarce talent, emergency positions, then no matter what format, in fact, you will not encounter problems, you write the title of the application of C + + kernel engineers, HR to find such people are crazy, then the format is certainly no problem.

If you are a fresh student, apply for the administrative Commissioner or sales, then you send a PDF, placed in the HR mailbox, the direct pass probability is far greater than those, the summary experience put to the message body, the attachment is word.

Personal advice

Resume Double Pdf+word

Another text to write cover letter + summary resume.

Job Resume Email Title

* * Sincerity (sincere) apply for * * * Position-lee ***-138******

I very much hope to join * * * * * * * * * * Baidu University Li * * *