[issues] The format of a resume.
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? Thanks, CatNTHat __ Get Visto.com! Private groups, event calendars, email, and much more. Visto.com. Life on the Dot. Check it out @ http://www.visto.com/info ___ issues mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues
Re: [issues] The format of a resume.
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. --- > > > 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? > > > > Thanks, > > CatNTHat > __ > Get Visto.com! Private groups, event calendars, email, and much more. > Visto.com. Life on the Dot. > Check it out @ http://www.visto.com/info > > > > ___ > issues mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues __ Get Visto.com! Private groups, event calendars, email, and much more. Visto.com. Life on the Dot. Check it out @ http://www.visto.com/info ___ issues mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues
Re: [issues] The format of a resume.
Hmm...thanks, I'm going to have to try that .doc thing. hehe. Thanks, CatNTHat -Original Message- From:Kirrily 'Skud' Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:13 Apr 2000 01:35:53 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [issues] The format of a resume. I wrote an article on recruiters and linux on Linuxtoday's local site. I've got a copy at http://netizen.com.au/~skud/writing/ if anyone's interested. It even has a hint for dealing with MS-Word-loving recruiters. K. -- Kirrily Robert -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://netizen.com.au/ Internet and Open Source Development, Consulting and Training Level 13, 500 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone: +61 3 9614 0949 Fax +61 3 9614 0948 __ Get Visto.com! Private groups, event calendars, email, and much more. Visto.com. Life on the Dot. Check it out @ http://www.visto.com/info ___ issues mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues
Re: [issues] The format of a resume.
Where was it?!? One of the problems that I'm running into right now is that I'm in boondocks, Michigan and the good jobs are about 2-3 hours drive from here. I think I may have to move. :) Thanks, CatNTHat -Original Message- From:Ian Hall-Beyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:23:22 -0600 (MDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [issues] The format of a resume. On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, The Cat In The Hat wrote: My standard policy on resume formats is that if they can't figure out a way to deal with a text resume, then they really aren't that eager to use my skills. Recruiters typically take the resume, print it, and then give it to their client. I interviewed this morning for a position at a large Unix-centric dotcom company, and they had no problems whatsoever with my resume in ASCII. (I think I may have gotten the job, too) -Ian -- wow, this is kinda nifty. the win98 protocol stack is like a chinese finger puzzle, twist and turn in the right places, and it pops right off --Seen on EFNet IRC __ Get Visto.com! Private groups, event calendars, email, and much more. Visto.com. Life on the Dot. Check it out @ http://www.visto.com/info ___ issues mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues
[issues] Re: Screenshots
I thought they were putting all the themes like that in an 'Adult' section, perhaps you should send a note to the admin of the E themes site and let them know that you think they should be in that section. I don't feel that a locker room atmosphere is correct, an open atmosphere would be a more correct idea. Remember, you can't please everyone all the time. Catnthat >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:40:31 -0400 (EDT) >From: Ingrid Schupbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Screenshots > >BEWARE! THE MESSAGE BELOW IS AN ANGRY RANT: > >I am fed-up with all these screenshots that include pictures of scantily >clad or otherwise sexually charged pictures of women. When I was trying >to find a good new theme from e.themes.org I was really turned off by >this. I find that this is just another example of how the Linux community >often -- probably largely unknowingly and unwittingly -- creates a boy's >lockeroom atmosphere. As a woman, it just doesn't make it seem like I'm >really invited. > >I respect the Linux mantra that everyone should be able to design their >computers and their piece of cyberspace in whatever way they choose. But >messages should not be sent out carelessly and thoughtlessly. If there >really is a commitment to making Linux inviting to everyone, then I >believe there needs to be a change in the horny-male-geeks-only atmosphere >that's awfully pervasive. I'm tired of being asked whether I'm a >perky-breasted-Linux-chick, and I'm tired of endless references to penises >and to porn in Linux-related irc channels. > >Ingrid __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
