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The problem is most of the people that filter through the resumes are HR folks, in one case I heard of one dropping a resume because the IT candidate didnt' hav
by fak3r 18y ago
The problem is most of the people that filter through the resumes are HR folks, in one case I heard of one dropping a resume because the IT candidate didnt' have "TCP/IP experience" on their resume, so the format matters less than the content in this case. Still, .doc is the standard, I write mine in Open Office, but test it in MS Office since that's what they'll open it with. I always have a PDF on hand as well, but when you're searching for a job you don't want to be the one sub'ing a resume in a format they're not expecting.
Of course when I review resumes I prefer text, with extra credit if it was written with vi!
- gaius 18y agoThe reason many recruiters want .doc is so they can "reformat" it into the "house style". The CV you see may not much resemble what they wrote! Ultimately the only solution to the HR problem is for the technical staff to do the entire screening process, but that won't happen (in large companies anyway) as why should the technical people be recruited differently to the marketing folks? What are they SPECIAL or something? Well, exactly.