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The whispering is all in her head and says she sucks
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They want it as a word doc so they can edit it and fuck with it before passing it along.
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.
They should just learn to edit the pdfs if they're sent with actual text.
Staffing agencies will do this to make you look more appealing to a client.
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.
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.