Re: Testing

[RoseCrowe <ncrowe -at- PRIMENET -dot- COM>]

On Thu, 9 Mar 1995, Marilynne Smith wrote:

> I worked for a consulting firm who, in their ultimate wisdom, took my well
> formatted, informative, carefully considered resume and retyped it into
> "their" format.  This revised resume was ugly, had misspellings, and looked
> like everyone else's resume.  They also faxed it to their customers.  While
> working offsite for this consulting firm, I was priviliged to hear my
> supervisor say the same thing.  Resumes from this consulting firm were
> uniformly ugly.

In Phoenix, it seems that *every* consulting firm does this.  Since
I mostly work through consulting firms, I make it a practice to bring
my original resume with me to the interview along with my samples.  I
hope y'all know if you go through consulting firms to hire tech writers
that this is a common practice.  Look at the experience and ignore
the typos.  Talk to the writer in person to find out whether or not
they can write.  And maybe put in a good word or two to the consulting
firm about using writer's resumes without changing them.  The firms
I go through are used to peddling developer skills, not writing skills,
so they are not aware of the importance of presenting the writer's
resume as is.  BTW, even though most firms have an official policy
that you can look over their retyped version for typos and inaccuracies,
I have only had one firm in the last several years offer me this
courtesy.

Rosie (NorthCrowe)
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