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Re: Photo on Resume site or "Gee, get a load of my navel"
Subject:Re: Photo on Resume site or "Gee, get a load of my navel" From:"Dan Roberts" <droberts63 -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:"Jeff Hanvey" <jewahe -at- yahoo -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:32:05 -0400
>I honestly don't know of any cases in which a resume
>posted to a personal home page has landed a job (feel
>free to mention any). Most of the time, the resume is
>posted so that recruiters can refer to it as a
>preliminary measure or when it cannot be sent. You'll
>probably find yourself sending it in by one of the
>tradition methods (email, fax, or snail mail) -
>complete with a cover letter.
of course, one could use the web resume to prove that you actually *can* do
html, javascripting, etc.
and yes, do be careful of 'questionable' content...some folks might think
Trekkies are strange; some, the Radical Faeries; others, model RR builders.
