Re: Make it Pretty - again!

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- progeny -dot- com>]

Miriam McGinty-Lowe wrote:
> 
> I've just been looking for Tech Writing jobs in the UK and found this:
> "Applications will be judged on your CV, so make them pretty!"
> 
> Grrrrrrrrrr
> 

The cutesy wording grates, I admit. 

But expecting a tech-writer to have some design sense is perfectly
reasonable. Unless you're part of a large team, you often do need to
know a bit of everything. And I'd presume that, for this job, design
skills were part of the requirements.

Moreover,the process of writing a resume is very similar to a
documentation process. As Jane mentions in her contribution to this
thread, employers often do use the appearance of resumes to weed them
out. In this case, I would expect that mediocre or incompetent design
would be the filtering criteria.

I have to admit, however, that the wording would make me think twice
about applying. The writer of the ad might have other bad habits, such
as having pastel plush-toys festooned all over the monitor. :-)

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