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Subject:RE: Word styles, resumes, and being pragmatic From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:10:08 -0800 (PST)
> Also, for those who do check resumes for styles, I'm sure it makes
> a difference when you see a resume in Word without styles where the
> candidate
> has listed Word as a skill in comparison to one that does not list
> Word as a skill. One is making a claim about their skill in Word
> and should thus be subject to proving it. The other is making no
> such claims and should not (IMHO) be subject to the same test.
Whether the position uses Word also has an impact. If I know the
position uses Frame exclusively, then I don't care about something
done in Word, but I'll apply the same criteria to their Frame samples
Wanna REALLY impress me? If the job requires Frame or HTML, send me
the same resume as both a doc and fm or html file and have them look
EXACTLY THE SAME. Shows me that you not only know how to use styles,
but that you are their MASTER! That you can REALLY get them to do
EXACTLY what you want.
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