Best format to save CV in?

Efour · 5 Sep 2011 at 15:23

weringo said:
We had this thread 3 or 4 weeks ago

rofl i thought it was a bumped one until i read your post.

bitslice · 5 Sep 2011 at 15:25

embedded in self extracting virus.exe

I wouldn't want to work for a company that opened it

triggerthat · 5 Sep 2011 at 15:43

Basher said:
PDF is the only way you should send your CV.

Srengam · 5 Sep 2011 at 18:25

PDF, and (depending on your profession) a CV created in LaTeX looks much more professional.

Xelene · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:45

I normally send in PDF as agencies will chop and change the CV if it's in an editable format.

dowie · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:51

loltim said:
.pdf certainly looks more professional but i still use .doc. It's safer. I know the recipient will have office installed and I don't want my application failing because becky on reception said my CV was broken.

I'd be a bit worried if Becky on reception had anything to do with CVs

should be HR -> hiring manager

If going via an agent then you've got a bigger risk of the agent messing with it - probably better to use a PDF in that case.

dowie · 6 Sep 2011 at 00:01

scorza said:
There's Libre Office too. Agree that there's no need for people to bother with MS Office anymore.

If all you do is write a few documents and create a few slide shows then fine...

On the other hand - far too many companies are too reliant on Excel/VBA for it to be easily replaceable any time soon.

PermaBanned · 6 Sep 2011 at 00:05

Doesn't excel have far more mathematical errors than open source alternatives? Namely Gnumeric...

Burned_Alive · 6 Sep 2011 at 00:07

I originally started out sending in PDF format, but so many people/agencies had issues with it, I reverted to .doc.

spudbynight · 6 Sep 2011 at 00:26

Always send as .doc

Most large companies now use applicant tracking software. This doesn't pick up all the info from a PDF document.

Also, never mind agencies but internal HR will edit your CV in some cases. Lots of stuff which you think is vitally important will be stripped before being sent to hiring managers.

Certainly the larger the company the more likely they are to edit your CV.

"Well Mr Ahmed bin Halal, you are not the victim of racial discrimination as we strip names from CVs before passing to the hiring manager."

You think you are being clever sending a PDF?

2StepSteve · 6 Sep 2011 at 00:30

AndyT · 6 Sep 2011 at 00:48

ALL 3?!

Just in case?

GreatAuk · 6 Sep 2011 at 00:58

I suppose rtf would be the ultimate safe option (apart from txt lol)?
(I haven't ever sent CV's out btw).

BigBoy · 6 Sep 2011 at 01:07

Back in the Day I would send it in RTF but now its either Doc or PDF.

asim18 · 6 Sep 2011 at 02:10

I've got a website with many different formats to choose / download from:

http://a-s-i-m.co.uk/cv/

Saundie · 6 Sep 2011 at 07:55

asim18 said:
I've got a website with many different formats to choose / download from:

http://a-s-i-m.co.uk/cv/

Your link doesn't seem to be working.

Supercow · 6 Sep 2011 at 09:05

I love how the "cool kidz" are opposed to word/pdf and vote for the open source alternatives. You are assumingly applying to a business, the vast majority of which use Office (2003 most likely) and some of which using document management systems such as Sharepoint.

By all means support open source in your own time, but is the £90 for office really all that much for you to secure a job?

shine · 6 Sep 2011 at 09:07

Supercow said:
I love how the "cool kidz" are opposed to word/pdf and vote for the open source alternatives. You are assumingly applying to a business, the vast majority of which use Office (2003 most likely) and some of which using document management systems such as Sharepoint.

By all means support open source in your own time, but is the £90 for office really all that much for you to secure a job?

Using open source software doesn't mean you can't save in Office compatible formats or PDF.

Sp00n · 6 Sep 2011 at 09:09

Supercow said:
I love how the "cool kidz" are opposed to word/pdf and vote for the open source alternatives. You are assumingly applying to a business, the vast majority of which use Office (2003 most likely) and some of which using document management systems such as Sharepoint.

By all means support open source in your own time, but is the £90 for office really all that much for you to secure a job?

Open office can save as a .doc

Supercow · 6 Sep 2011 at 09:10

True, however I'm yet to see a document as well formatted in open office than in word.