I'm looking for a new job, so I've been scouring the classifieds and a few potential jobs have come up.
However, all now use some fancy on-line or electronic applications. In my case, I've had a variety of Word documents sent to me, and more recently an Excel document which I somehow have to fill in.
Problem 1 - I have open office at home. It'll load the excel file, but the file is write-protected, so I can't actually fill it in, nor can I just copy and paste the structure to another document. Hmm.
Eventually, I track down someone with a copy of MS office, and although the file is 'read only' there is limited ability to fill in the empty cells.
Problem 2 - Just how do you get 150 words into an excel cell and have it readable - especially as the cell is overlapped by several other cells, which due to the justification, obscure sizeable chunks of text?
Problem 3 - Most of the questions are 'choose from a drop down list'. Including the actual post being applied for - except there's a problem, the post I'm applying for isn't actually on the list! Oh, the field is mandatory, and the file won't validate until I fill it in.
Whatever happened to writing a letter and sending a resume?
However, all now use some fancy on-line or electronic applications. In my case, I've had a variety of Word documents sent to me, and more recently an Excel document which I somehow have to fill in.
Problem 1 - I have open office at home. It'll load the excel file, but the file is write-protected, so I can't actually fill it in, nor can I just copy and paste the structure to another document. Hmm.
Eventually, I track down someone with a copy of MS office, and although the file is 'read only' there is limited ability to fill in the empty cells.
Problem 2 - Just how do you get 150 words into an excel cell and have it readable - especially as the cell is overlapped by several other cells, which due to the justification, obscure sizeable chunks of text?
Problem 3 - Most of the questions are 'choose from a drop down list'. Including the actual post being applied for - except there's a problem, the post I'm applying for isn't actually on the list! Oh, the field is mandatory, and the file won't validate until I fill it in.
Whatever happened to writing a letter and sending a resume?
