It took a moment for me to figure out why recruiters seem to insist on Word-format resumes, even though formats like PDFs are much more universal.
It’s because PDFs aren’t as easily editable. Recruiters like to control access to the job candidate. Some strip off the contact information from a resume and replace it with their own.
You can’t easily do that with PDF.
most candidates don’t have access to the full version of the of Acrobat, at least legally. They only have the reader…