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>Even though I have a Mac, when a prospective job applicant sends a resume in Pages, it’s a disqualifier, because they don’t understand that Windows users can’t
by turtlesdown11 4y ago
>Even though I have a Mac, when a prospective job applicant sends a resume in Pages, it’s a disqualifier, because they don’t understand that Windows users can’t read that.
or maybe they do understand, and are self selecting away from people like you...
- sgc 4y agoWho would ever only want to work for a company that exclusively uses Apple products? That is an insane level of fanboyism that doesn't indicate a fully rational actor.
- turtlesdown11 4y agousing .pages to select away from job applicants also does not indicate a fully rational actor
- howinteresting 4y agoHow would I open a pages file? I use Linux. I'd have a similar reaction to .doc or .docx as well, though at least I can open those files. .pdf is table stakes.
- sbuk 4y agoLibreOffice opens application/x-iwork-pages-sffpages files.
- PascLeRasc 4y agoPeople who value their sanity and/or are opposed to having ads and tabloid headlines built into their work computer.
- tomjen3 4y agoSimple: Person hates Windows. Person wants to work for a company that is willing to pay the cost of tools, and using Apple is a good proxy for this. Unfortunately in hiring all we have a (frequently imperfect) proxies.
- dvngnt_ 4y agoa PDF is so much better. and you know this..... man
- rchaud 4y agoWhy bother to spend any time filling out an application then? ATS systems usually won't accept a .pages file as a format anyway. It's RTF, TXT, DOC, DOCX and PDF from what I've seen.