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minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up106·edit-27 days agoThey want it as a word doc so they can edit it and fuck with it before passing it along.
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 days agoOr to throw it in whatever AI bullshit software they use that doesn’t support PDF
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoIf a headhunter wants to put forth my resume as if I already contract with them, then they can start paying me.
minus-squareFerrous@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·7 days agoThey also like this for the off chance you forgot to disable revision history - so they can look at how you edited the document over time.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·edit-27 days agoThis isn’t even necessarily for nefarious reasons. I’ve actually had a case where HR was trying to help by putting in the words that they were stupidly required to find in a resume. Still not a good sign of a properly functioning organization.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoStaffing agencies will do this to make you look more appealing to a client.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoThey should just learn to edit the pdfs if they’re sent with actual text.
They want it as a word doc so they can edit it and fuck with it before passing it along.
Or to throw it in whatever AI bullshit software they use that doesn’t support PDF
If a headhunter wants to put forth my resume as if I already contract with them, then they can start paying me.
They also like this for the off chance you forgot to disable revision history - so they can look at how you edited the document over time.
This isn’t even necessarily for nefarious reasons. I’ve actually had a case where HR was trying to help by putting in the words that they were stupidly required to find in a resume.
Still not a good sign of a properly functioning organization.
Staffing agencies will do this to make you look more appealing to a client.
They should just learn to edit the pdfs if they’re sent with actual text.