RE: Applying On-Line

Subject: RE: Applying On-Line
From: "Richard Smith" <Richard -dot- Smith -at- windriver -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:58:04 -0800


> I must have applied on-line at wierd sites. They all requested
> that I paste my resume into a text box.
> I quickly discovered that the text box converted my resume to an
> ugly text-only doc and all my Word skills were wasted.
> I now have a resume that is just a plain text document that
> doesn't get scrambled when I paste it to a text box on a
> company's web site.

This is the same experience I've had. Perhaps what surprised me most of all,
was that for at least half of the companies I interviewed with, the
interviewer did NOT have a copy of my resume--regardless of how I originally
submitted it. Always bring extra copies!


Richard Smith


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RE: Applying On-Line: From: Gilger.John

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