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minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up101·edit-21 day agoThey want it as a word doc so they can edit it and fuck with it before passing it along.
minus-squareFerrous@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down1·1 day 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-up46arrow-down2·edit-21 day 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-up9arrow-down1·edit-224 hours agoStaffing agencies will do this to make you look more appealing to a client.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoThey should just learn to edit the pdfs if they’re sent with actual text.
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoOr to throw it in whatever AI bullshit software they use that doesn’t support PDF
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoIf a headhunter wants to put forth my resume as if I already contract with them, then they can start paying me.
They want it as a word doc so they can edit it and fuck with it before passing it along.
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.
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.