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Subject:Re: resume on a web page (slight digression) From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- MAIL -dot- BC -dot- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 7 Nov 1997 05:56:45 -0800
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997 12:12:04 -0500, John Posada (work account) wrote:
> I posted my asci resume on the
>net and almost without exception, an agency would eventually ask for a
>formatted version.
I suppose they could justify this, considering the line of work, but if
it were me, and an agency or prospective employer insisted on a formatted
version of an ASCII resume they've already seen, I'd probably shuffle
them down the list of hopefuls a bit. They've already got the CONTENT -
does the chance of employment change simply on the basis of how nicely
that content is laid out?
As I say, for this line of work, it MIGHT (depending on whether they
expect the WRITER to be a LAYOUT person as well), but on the whole...
feh.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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