It was vi that I created it in originally. I currently don't have a personal web
page. I canceled the dialup account that it was on and have not created one on my
cable modem account yet. I suppose that I will have to do that.
As a side note - how much contact information do you put on a resume that you post on
your web page?
Thanks,
CatNTHat
-----Original Message-----
From: Brendan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 16:30:51 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [issues] The format of a resume.
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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