Emailing CV, but what format?

meghatronic · 6 Jul 2011 at 09:39

I've always sent .doc and .pdf.

Former is what most recruitment systems (i.e. keyword matching) are set up for, latter if they just want to print/read it.

Dave · 6 Jul 2011 at 09:43

D.P. said:
.TEX with an accompanying Makefile.

Seriously, Word looks ugly as hell, lots of nice latex CV styles out there giving professional CVs.

Agree totally. Sending a *.tex file might be a step too far though, unless you're applying for a computing/academic role!

Nikumba · 6 Jul 2011 at 17:50

If you send it as a .doc make sure you send it as a 97-2003 document as not everyone will have 2007/2010

Kimbie

anything I don't mind · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:03

Recruitment agencies like doc so that they can take your personal details out so that the client can not contact you directly and has to go through the recruitment agency.

I say send it in an excel spreadsheet with two cells and no word wrap.

dekez · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:11

p4radox said:
I'm amazed that people send .doc, I always assumed everyone would just use pdf...

Just the opposite for me, I've never sent or received a CV in PDF, never even considered it until this thread!

It makes sense to send it in PDF though

Le_Petit_Lapin · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:12

.BMP all the way. Agencies love BMP's.

gambitt · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:15

I only ever use agencies and I always send .docx - if they are so far behind that they can't open 2007 documents then it's probably not an agency I would want to deal with anyway...

DailyGeek · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:16

Send it as 120kb *.iso and tell them to burn it to a 4.7Gb DVD so they can read it. That'll do the trick.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:18

gambitt said:
I only ever use agencies and I always send .docx - if they are so far behind that they can't open 2007 documents then it's probably not an agency I would want to deal with anyway...

It would really kill you to save it as a .doc instead wouldnt it? What obscure feature of .docx are you using in your C.V. that means you cant use the older, more supported format?

gambitt · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:32

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
It would really kill you to save it as a .doc instead wouldnt it? What obscure feature of .docx are you using in your C.V. that means you cant use the older, more supported format?

No one cares and no one has asked for it in another format. Who the hell is still running Office 2003 anyway? And without the compatibility pack? Like I said, if they are that far behind then I'd rather go elsewhere. I get regular work from 2-3 large agencies anyway so I rarely have to deal with some obscure one with 10 year old software.

Sin_Chase · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:55

PDF unless specified otherwise.

Open Format.

dsb · 6 Jul 2011 at 19:02

Judgeneo said:
It is a bit of a silly question to ask a perspective employer I'd have thought

I think it's a perfectly acceptable question it shows that you think of small details and ensure that your cv will be read, I'm sure if I had an issue opening a cv I would not take the time to try fix it I would bin it.

weringo · 6 Jul 2011 at 19:14

gambitt said:
No one cares and no one has asked for it in another format. Who the hell is still running Office 2003 anyway? And without the compatibility pack? Like I said, if they are that far behind then I'd rather go elsewhere. I get regular work from 2-3 large agencies anyway so I rarely have to deal with some obscure one with 10 year old software.

Loads of companies still use older versions of MS Office - licences are expensive you know, especially when the most people don't take advantage of the features the newer versions offer anyway.

Although I agree it's pretty retarded to not be running a facility to open/convert .docx files.

DirtyRaver · 6 Jul 2011 at 19:16

Thakns for the replies, got it saved now as a PDF ready to send, acrobat pro allowed me to save it as a .doc too, so I've done that just in case.

Regarding contacting the company and asking, some of the jobs are on the jobcentreplus website and do not have any contact details and some dont even have the company name on there.

Mr^B · 6 Jul 2011 at 20:14

On that site, the built in CV creator gives you a CV in either PDF or RTF format.

So, on balance, I'd pick either PDF or RTF format for that site.

Turbo-G · 6 Jul 2011 at 20:21

I always send it as .pdf unless they specifically ask for .doc, it is a universal format after all.

I generally create the CV in Word/Pages, and save a copy in both the native format and as a pdf.

Mr Krugga · 6 Jul 2011 at 20:33

I take a photo of it with my mobile phone's in-built camera and send it as a .jpeg.

I thought everyone did that? :confused:

Deleted member 651465 · 6 Jul 2011 at 21:04

Send it in .docx

If they can't open it, then there's no point applying anyway

(I use PDF)

meghatronic · 6 Jul 2011 at 21:47

Mr Krugga said:
I take a photo of it with my mobile phone's in-built camera and send it as a .jpeg.

I thought everyone did that?

Don't say that - we had someone apply with a scanned in copy of their CV they'd saved as a pdf. :confused:

Binned it.

Twentyone · 6 Jul 2011 at 22:05

Always send doc and PDF. Have been to some interviews where they have said it showed that I thought about it.

Mainly I would just use PDF but some of the businesses I have applied to, I wouldn't really think that they even know what PDF is on their ancient slow computers

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