On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, The Cat In The Hat wrote:
> Ok, I am a straight linux kinda person now. I just started
> looking for a new job. When I sent out my resume I did it in straight
> text. One of the recruiters asked me to send it in Word Document
> format. So, I went to my local University and transfered it to Word
> format. Well I just got an e-mail from the mail server of the recruiter
> informing me that it detected a virus in the file. Egg on my face.
why not use StarOffice for this?
> so my real question is why can't recruiters accept a resume in
> text format especially when you are applying for a Unix Sysadmin job?
it could be argued that any company who does this is platform-bigoted
enough that you wouldn't want to work for them, or clueless enough about
what you really do to not be worth the trouble of applying. YMMV.
srl
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