[geeks] MS good?!?

[doctor obnox son of a bitch]

Kurt Huhn gorpa duppa meego zook:


> Kris Kirby wrote:
> > Heck, even the local UN*X jobs want the resume in DOC format. How obtuse
> > is that?!
> 
> I tend to refuse to send a resume to someone in a format that I don't use. 
> Perhaps that limits my potential employers, but if I don't have Word here in
> the house, how the hell am I going to make a Word doc?  Why would a *UNIX*
> admin use Windows?  I have fun explaining that one.  Word isn't everywhere? 
> Gasp!  And what the hell is "eye-rix" and "solairis" anyway?
> 
> What I have found though, is that the software these brainless HR doodz use
> imports Word docs and sticks them into a database with keyword search
> capability.  That way, none of them actualy have to *read* your resume. 
> Apparently, this software doesn't support any other format...


I always send plain-text, even when they insist on "word".

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