That&#x27;s exactly why they want it as a Word document.  That&#x27;s what they use to produce their in-house resumes for distribution, and they don&#x27;t want to waste ten seconds on opening an HTML or PDF resume in Word and selecting &quot;Save As... Word document&quot;.  They want to create their own resume, with your name on it, that is loosely based on your actual resume, so they can send it out to hiring managers.<p>It&#x27;s very safe to say that if you don&#x27;t know how to open and edit a PDF document, you have no business being a tech recruiter.  Anyone foolish enough to be represented by such a person while looking for software jobs is going to have a bad time.