TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Indeed, you did offer an admirable list of reasons that a Word resume
would not use styles, etc. However, the question is not "would" but
"should". This discussion has clearly shown that a portion of hiring
managers will examine how you created your resume. So, regardless if you
use WackyOpenSourceOffice 0.3 or MS Word 2002, it's in the applicants'
best interests to use styles, etc. in the creation of their Word format
resume. After all, the objective is not generating a resume as quickly
as possible or from your favourite tool, it's getting an interview. DB.
Mr. Ray wrote...
<reasons snipped for brevity>
>
> I'll grant that a resume written from scratch in
> Word should use styles etc., but there are a lot
> of valid reasons that a resume in Word format
> would not.
>
> IMHO, as expressed in most job ads, Word
> format sounds like a "so we can open it" file
> format requirement--not a "so we can examine your
> work" requirement. That's comparable to telling
> someone to bring a driver's license to an
> interview, then expecting that the presence
> of a driver's license means that they
> drove to the interview.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Attention ForeHelp and Doc-to-Help Users! Upgrade your existing product to
RoboHelp for only $299, through January 31st. RoboHelp can import your
existing Help projects! Learn how else RoboHelp can benefit you. www.ehelp.com/techwr
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.