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if a recruiter wants a Word resume

Is that suspect?I sent her a PDF, and she turned around and asked for a Word doc.  To me, the only reason to ask for a word doc is so you can edit it. And seriously, I don't need some stranger editing my resume and sending it off behind my back.

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Re: if a recruiter wants a Word resume

  • PMeg819PMeg819 member
    Knottie Warrior 5000 Comments 500 Love Its First Answer
    edited December 2011
    I get asked for word versions because they have programs that extract the information and prepopulate forms.
  • GBCKGBCK member
    Knottie Warrior 5000 Comments 500 Love Its Name Dropper
    edited December 2011
    what pmeg said.I like word to do "find all the palces this person used the word 'boobies'" better than adobe.And sometimes, it's nice to make them all the same format--"ok, if I strip all these down so they're in TImes nNew Roman and in 13 pt type, then what do I get?)'sides, it's not like a PDF is really super-secret squirrel...anyone w/ the full version of adobe can copy and change it.
  • L_WoodsL_Woods member
    1000 Comments
    edited December 2011
    No. I can't open PDF resumes because we have crappy computers and can't download the latest version.
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  • DG1DG1 member
    Ninth Anniversary 5000 Comments 25 Love Its Name Dropper
    edited December 2011
    fair enough. I guess I'm just annoyed.  I don't really need her that badly to enjoy bending over backward and jumping through hoops.  She was incredibly rude to me on the phone, too.And I created the resume in Open Office, so it's not like I have the file and can send it to her. I would actually have to convert/recreate the thing in Word. 

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  • zsazsa-stlzsazsa-stl member
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    edited December 2011
    I think it's normal.  When I went through a recruiter I think they chopped off my contact information, maybe even my name, on the resumes they sent to employers. 
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