[Gllug] We can put an end to Word attachments

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 03:56:08PM -0000, Ivan Shiel wrote:
> 
> >Also many of the Linux packages produce fonts that look fine as a .doc in
> >say staroffice or abiword but look like shite in Word  
> 
> Funny you should say this.
> 
> When I was applying for a job via several agencies I sent them all a very
> nicely formatted little CV in Word - nothing too fancy.
> 
> At one interview I was alarmed to see the version of the CV the agency had
> sent.  Instead of just removing the address details (as they must to
> maintain their middle man status) the agency monkey had cut and pasted the
> whole thing to a new document and destroyed the formatting entirely (no
> tables, no bold, no size changes) and made me look a right prat.  The
> interviewer spent the whole interview squinting at the CV and giving me very
> odd looks.

When you go for interview *always* have a paper copy of the CV.

Not infrequently agencies 'taylor' a CV to include experience to match the job or
put some dreadful spin on it.

-- 
Alain Williams

#include <std_disclaimer.h>

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