I've found that an HTML resume on my personal website is the most
appropriate and convenient format. Most HR and recruiter types
can deal with HTML just fine. If not, most browsers support saving
a file as plain text, and they can do this themselves. Further,
the resume is now on the web and, thusly, gets crawled by search
engines (which gets me more employment inquiries than I care to
deal with). I've been surprised by the number of companies which
will search for new hires using a simple query like:
+"resume of" +unix +admin
I don't see the need to maintain multiple, differently-formatted,
versions of my resume. If a recruiter is unable (or unwilling) to
deal with anything but Word, they can go get hit by a bus, AFAIAC.
The web is the answer for resumes, in my experience.
-b
P.S. Note also that vi has never "accidentally" inserted a virus
into anything I've written in it.
---
> <Gripe>
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> </Gripe>
>
> Thanks,
>
> CatNTHat
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