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A close friend of mine's been doing some job hunting in a non-technical field. He was just telling me the other day how just about every place where he sent his PDF resume replied by asking him to resend it in Word.

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I have not sent a resume out in Word format since perhaps 1995, and it was only once or twice even at that time.

Then you must be from super developed country where every recruiter is techie. I am not, I have seen this many time. They ask MS word format resume. These days I email them both PDF and Ms word.

In what world does it take more technical knowledge to use a pdf instead of a doc? It doesn't--pdf is easier to use for everyone except someone who wants to modify the resume without your knowledge.

If a recruiter asks for word, say simply "I don't own Word, sorry."

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