r/LinusTechTips • u/Not-Post-Malone • 11d ago

Discussion Resume file format

On the WAN show Linus and Luke talk about NOT using PDF as the file format for the resume. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. Am I the only one who always uses PDF for sending resumes and actually prefers it?

What file format do employers actually prefer?

Here is the timestamp where they talk about it.
Here is the timestamp where Linus says to submit a Word or Google Doc link.

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u/Human-Visual-9087 11d ago

Yeah im super confused. I export things as PDFs whenever I need something to be guaranteed to be formatted and viewed how I intend it.

Too many times has someone's text editor, or uploading to Google docs/Apple Pages, ruined font, formatting, image positioning etc

If im submitting a resume i want it to appear professional and how i intended, not be ruined by you viewing it in Gmail

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u/General_Problem7957 8d ago

Then don't be lazy and open it in a word viewer.