I always sent a PDF file. You can only see that is was made by LaTeX with a trained eye(if their is not too heavy customization) or in the PDF meta-data. Designers would use
pre-print tool like inDesign, which output PDF too.
PDF document is a problem with big companies portal that only want word document. I tried a few doc converter but they are not Free (as in beer and Freedom) and the result is of course really inferior.
Nowadays, I would try html conversion as I think the result can be quite good and readable by most people (even without pdf reader).
Also, always have a hard copy of your CV for the interview. Once, the corporate website of a company I applied accepted pdf files, but butchered them via pdf2txt or something like that. Having the right layout to show them saved the day.
PDF document is a problem with big companies portal that only want word document. I tried a few doc converter but they are not Free (as in beer and Freedom) and the result is of course really inferior. Nowadays, I would try html conversion as I think the result can be quite good and readable by most people (even without pdf reader).
Also, always have a hard copy of your CV for the interview. Once, the corporate website of a company I applied accepted pdf files, but butchered them via pdf2txt or something like that. Having the right layout to show them saved the day.