[Manuel_D]

The important content is their work history, projects, technical skills, etc. If the rewriting is awkward, it's affecting all candidates uniformly.

[anonymouskimmer]

A genuine bad rewrite would tend to affect all candidates uniformly (except those who have pre-anonymized their applications, thus gaming the process), but a find-replace is more problematic.

[Manuel_D]

If that's an issue, the companies could just tell applicants to pre anonymize their resumes to eliminate any potential gaming.

[anonymouskimmer]

I think it's worthwhile A/B testing your idea.