[ale] Resume

[Kilroy, Chris]

just recognize you are rolling the dice if you choose to adopt this strategy.


I'm not trying to be didactic, but i think it bears repeating.  My wife works in corporate recruiting, and i can tell you that people are looking for reasons to exclude applicants from consideration.  They are swamped with resumes for every position they have to fill.   

do what you want, but if it was me, i'd follow their instructions to a "T" if i was serious about getting a job.  I'll worry about debating the merits of various file formats with management for when i'm hired and getting a paycheck ;-).

Good luck on your search,
Chris



->On Friday 25 October 2002 09:40 am, James P. Kinney III wrote:
->> Send a pdf. Include a link for adobe to download the reader if they
->> don't have one.
->>
->> I ran into the issue where the reason for the .doc format was so the
->> recruiter could EDIT my resume. The desire was to remove my name and
->> contact info, but the ability to readily make changes on my resume
->> was not something I was happy with.
->
->That is how they make their money.  I think that is a legitimate 
->request, so when I was looking I offered to send one that didn't have 
->my contact info on it.
->
->Pdf looks better, anyway.  I agree with Jim.
->
->--Michael
->
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