Improving Your CV, Chapter 22: CV Formats including Word & PDF

Part of Course 1: Improving your CV · Chapter 22 of 29 · 5 min

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Send a PDF or Word document as requested. Recruiters tend to prefer Word because they edit and paste your CV into their own formats, which is another reason to keep your layout simple.

Key points

• External recruiters remove your contact details and may add their own front page or branding.
• Complex formatting and multiple columns can break when pasted into another document, and a recruiter may then not bother fixing it.
• PDF is useful if you want the CV to look exactly as you intended.
• Application systems and recruiters will tell you which format they want.

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