Hiring is always interesting. I don't get why resumes are not more polished with AI. Do people not get a resume is a ticket to a better life? Yet so many treat the resume like an after thought. If your resume is poorly done, you are not getting a job.
On indeed, they will show PDF files, they don't always show word. It is up to me to download, get a word lisense to see it. I explain this to one guy, ask him to upload a different format. His response was other people see it fine. Here I am trying to help the guy and he gives me attitude. I guess I should be happy because he eliminated himself from contention.
Speaking of eliminating canditates it is the new job every year that gets the X on indeed for me. Nobody wants an employee that job hops because it means they won't stick around to give a good ROI on the investment of training a worker or they were let go after a year.
Showing up for an interview looking like you just got out of bed.