[ale] Resume

[Geoffrey]

James P. Kinney III wrote:

> I used to send .doc as requested. Until I was turned down for a position
> because the .doc format I sent (through a recruiter) showed up infected
> with a macro virus.

In the past, when headhunters requested Word formatted resume's I have 
attempted to educate them regarding the dangers of such.  In most cases 
they were receptive and accepted pdf or html versions.

I did have one who was upset that I would suggest such a thing, thus I 
never sent the resume'.

My perspective is completely different then others as in these cases I 
was already employed and either putting feelers out or just trying to 
assess my ongoing marketability.

If I was out of work, I'd likely do anything they requested in order not 
to piss them off, but I'd still likely have the conversation with them 
first.

Of course we all say we'd do one thing when talking about being 
unemployed and actually modify that behavior when we are unemployed...

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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