Recruiters: Please stop changing my resume!

If you are a recruiter and I send you my resume, please do not change it without asking first.

This is a small rant, but I am tired of recruiters that assume they know better than you. The most common issue seems to be the resume. Especially if the recruiter changes it and sends it without confirming first.

I have spent many hours on my resume. The recruiter has often barely read it.

I know me and my experience. The recruiter probably does not.

**I likely just lost any substantial chance at a job interview because the third party recruiter changed my resume in ways that were incorrect and misrepresent my skills/qualifications/**licenses**.** Bordering on what could be mistaken for fraud if someone wanted to get technical, in my opinion.