OK, I need to weigh my options here. I admit I have used Pages before, and
indeed have bought a copy both for OSX, as well as for IOS, but I haven't
honestly really diven in much to the app. Don't get me wrong, I certainly
can create somewhat well looking documents with it, but as far as text
formatting, working with tables, bulleted lists, embedded objects, numbered
lists, margins, repaginations, indenting, fonts and styling, and things of
the sort, or working with already included templates, I've not really done a
whole lot with. It's not that I'm scared to, it's just I've not until
recently had much of a need. Plus, no one has really sat down with me, and
helped teach me good eloquent word processing techniques to make my files
look very professional in nature.
With all this said, I am at a point where I need to create a job resume. I
know Pages will let me do this, but for one thing, resume writing has never
been something I've been really taught how to do. I know that there is
obviously a right way, and a wrong way to do it. I also know that employers
are going to now a days see that a lot of effort, or hardly any effort went
into making the document. I know that should not influence their hiering
decision, but lamentably, it does. So, when I say I need to weigh my
options, what I mean is, do you all think pages is going to be my best bet
for this task? Are there apps on the market I can buy that will literally
create the resume for me based off the data I enter, then export it to a
Word file, or what not...? I am a big fan of reading help files included
with applications, but the issue is most of those do not present themselves
from a Voiceover standpoint of a blind user. Normally, that isn't a big
deal, but when it comes to things like this, you do want things to look
snappy and very visually appealing. That's where I get into the grey area.
Not only has no one really worked with me one-on-one on good resume creation
skills, but no one really has worked much with me either on formatting
things within Pages. Even when I used Word on Windows, I certainly was able
to hold my own, but even then, I have never been the greatest at that type
of stuff. I understand this list is for Voiceover use, not for how do I
write a resume use, and I don't really expect you all to hold my hand and
teach me everything, and undoubtedly there are many web sites out there I
could google creating well designed resumes about, but again, I go back to
the argument that they won't be from a blind perspective. So, with that
said, though I don't expect to be spoon fed the info here on this topic, I
do welcome all help, and if I get an over abundance amount of it, great, if
I don't, that's also ok. I don't set my expectations on
pedestals for it. I do however ask that you all at least gently guide me
in the right direction to at least help give me the knowledge I'll need to
at the very least, get started. If you all can do that and give me some
specific direct resources, aside from just saying, quote: just google it,
end quote, I promise profusely I will use the resources to my advantage,
then, if I have any questions after looking that stuff over, I'll then, ask
at that point.
Thank you for your help.
Chris.
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