So someone sent a resume into the company I work for today

[quakefiend420]

and this was for a tech-oriented job...wtf are people thinking?

 

[ithec]

uhh doesn't notepad > other?

plus it got him NOTICED. mission acomplished

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

How do you know it wasn't done in Vi? Or Emacs?

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
How do you know it wasn't done in Vi? Or Emacs?

it was a plain txt file, i just assumed that if he can't use word or something similar to put together a decent resume, it was probably notepad

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: ithec
uhh doesn't notepad > other?

plus it got him NOTICED. mission acomplished

he got laughed at and didn't get an interview

mission accomplished?

 

[Aberforth]

Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

 

[LTC8K6]

Plain text should work for everyone...

 

[AstroManLuca]

PDF > *

Failing that, RTF is good because it doesn't look like crap the way plain text does and you can easily open it using built-in word processing tools in both Windows (WordPad) and Mac (TextEdit).

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

+1 personally, I'd reject pdf's.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
PDF > *

Failing that, RTF is good because it doesn't look like crap the way plain text does and you can easily open it using built-in word processing tools in both Windows (WordPad) and Mac (TextEdit).

yeah, but who doesn't have either ms office or some equivalent these days?

how the hell can you survive in the business world and not be able to work with basic standard document formats?

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

+1 personally, I'd reject pdf's.

why?

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

+1 personally, I'd reject pdf's.

why?

They cannot be edited without an editor, we often try to add our own little notes to the documents for the post-interview selection meetings :laugh:

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

+1 personally, I'd reject pdf's.

You'd reject one of the most common document formats in the world? Possibly the most reliable cross-platform format? Why?

Edit - I see your answer above. That's a stupid reason TBH, plenty of ways to leave notes on PDF files.

 

[Farang]

Do any of you pay attention to formatting in resumes? I was sending out .doc files for a couple months until I learned how to use MS Word properly and started using styles to format my resume. Before it was all direct formatting. I figure a lot of the office support position I had applied for might have rejected me because my resume showed I obviously did not know how to use word.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

+1 personally, I'd reject pdf's.

why?

They cannot be edited without an editor, we often try to add our own little notes to the documents for the post-interview selection meetings :laugh:

that's how it works with just about everything........

😕

 

[Leros]

I need to convert my resume to text. A place I really want to apply at wants me to enter my resume into a little text box on their website.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Leros
I need to convert my resume to text. A place I really want to apply at wants me to enter my resume into a little text box on their website.

that i understand, but he sent a .txt as an email attachment...why not just copy it into the body of the email a couple times while you're at it? :laugh:

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

+1 personally, I'd reject pdf's.

why?

They cannot be edited without an editor, we often try to add our own little notes to the documents for the post-interview selection meetings :laugh:

that's how it works with just about everything........

😕

oh sure, pdf's cannot be edited easily, most people use only pdf readers.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

+1 personally, I'd reject pdf's.

why?

They cannot be edited without an editor, we often try to add our own little notes to the documents for the post-interview selection meetings :laugh:

that's how it works with just about everything........

😕

oh sure, pdf's cannot be edited easily, most people use only pdf readers.

so...you don't know how to use a pdf editor?

are you most people?

i dunno, whatever floats your boat

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Better not take risks, anti-Microsoft companies prefer text files.....I remember one weirdo asking me why I used MS word.

i've never heard anyone complain because they got a resume in .doc...i think the next time i shoot my resume out i'm going to PDF it

I like the pdf route as well. Or send a doc and a pdf to be doubly sure.

+1 personally, I'd reject pdf's.

why?

They cannot be edited without an editor, we often try to add our own little notes to the documents for the post-interview selection meetings :laugh:

that's how it works with just about everything........

😕

oh sure, pdf's cannot be edited easily, most people use only pdf readers.

so...you don't know how to use a pdf editor?

are you most people?

i dunno, whatever floats your boat

No, I don't use pdf editor. Maybe your company does, we don't- we reject all pdf's just like you reject all txt files. Why take risks?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Aberforth
No, I don't use pdf editor. Maybe your company does, we don't- we reject all pdf's just like you reject all txt files. Why take risks?

What risks? It's a stupid policy.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Aberforth
No, I don't use pdf editor. Maybe your company does, we don't- we reject all pdf's just like you reject all txt files. Why take risks?

What risks? It's a stupid policy.

It's just that corporate licensing is very expensive.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Aberforth
No, I don't use pdf editor. Maybe your company does, we don't- we reject all pdf's just like you reject all txt files. Why take risks?

What risks? It's a stupid policy.

It's just that corporate licensing is very expensive.

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