17 Dec
2008
17 Dec
'08
6:58 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net> wrote:
> > How important is FORMAT in a resume?
It's "important" because the marketdroids who are going to receive it,
only know one tool. :-/
> One of my friends got fed up with headhunters
who insisted on MS-WORD
> format resumes - for UNIX admin positions.
Annoying, but I see that all the time. Occasionally, and I mean
occasionally, the jobs I apply for mention that they will take a
textual (unformatted ASCII, lest this prompt a bunch of
back-and-forthing) resume.
I generally figure those are the places with a higher clue factor.
I've been a little bothered by the "non
mainstream" essence of my background
and interests in terms of employment prospects and similar, until I was just
contacted by somebody who observed in my online profile at one place I posted
a decidedly "non-peecee" flavor to things, which as it turned out was just
what they were looking for.
That is exactly the sort of place I'd want to be seeking employment at.
A pleasant turn of events, to be sure!
Yep. Congrats.
-ethan