[Gllug] [OT] How can I find a job like sysadmin in London?

[Luke Hopkins]

The firm i work for processes adverts and CV's for agencies (circa 20k of
each per day). All the agencies expect CV's in Word format, no exceptions.
They just love to edit them before sending them on, something about making
them feel they earn their money :)

There are numerous CV processing applications out there, the majority only
process .doc format, those that process other formats output XML which
prompty gets converted back to .doc.

The problem lies with a narrow mindset.

Luke


On 3/26/07, Mike Brodbelt <mike at coruscant.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Chris Jones wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > - Tethys wrote:
> >> I always supplied my CV as a PDF, which achieved the same thing...
> >
> > Pff, does not. Any PDF reader has copy&paste. I've had my PDF version
> > rewritten numerous times.
>
> If you sent the PDF encrypted with copy operations blocked, I very much
> doubt the average recruiter would have the technical wherewithal to get
> the data out. Of course doing something like that might not endear you
> to the recruiter, so could be seen as counterproductive.
>
> Much as I personally dislike MS Word (and not for philosophical reasons,
> trying to make it behave just makes my blood boil), I still used it for
> CV preparation last time I needed to (OK, I used OpenOffice, and just
> checked the appearance in Word). If you want a recruiter to put you
> forward for a position, it makes sense to try and help them do their
> job. Pretty much all other documentation I write these days gets done in
> LaTeX, which does exactly what I tell it, and causes me very little
> stress.
>
> Mike
>
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