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I sent a recruiter my CV as a PDF file. They replied that they need it as a Word document. They must be joking, right? I always use my website's reader view to generate an updated CV by saving it as a PDF which contains text and images in accessible format. So it can't be hard to convert to Word?

I just installed Microsoft Edge on Linux, because I heard that Edge can save websites as Word documents. It can't. At least not on Linux, using the print or the save as dialog.

I don't even know what to tag this rant. Those people must be making fun of me. What are they supposed to do with a fucking Microsoft Word document? Make sure that the layout gets broken and the content truncated when forwarding it internally?

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  • 3
    2y
    (just in case someone is facing the same challenge and desperate enough for making an effort and not just simply sending the same pdf again, a headless LibreOffice command using infilter and outfilter options did the trick, while LibreOffice's UI didn't)
  • 1
    2y
    @retoor yeah I also had to do that template thing once. It felt like I was doing recruiter's job.
  • 1
    2y
    Recruiters want help you (aka lie about your capabilities) so they can put you in a I am jesus and can walk on water job so pay me a billion dollars and my recruiter gets a big cut if this idiot can last 6 months without pissing off management.

    Therefore they need your resume in word format.

    Oops did I say that loud?
  • 0
    2y
    Microsoft Edge have only html page saving option
  • 0
    2y
    @Demolishun isn't any Microsoft technology a red flag? Unfortunately I've become so desperate, I would join a Teams meeting to get a job.
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