From: Behdad Esfahbod (behdad_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Thu 15 Jan 2004 - 20:19:24 IST
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2004, shtirlitz_at_unixwarez.net wrote about "[JOB OFFER] Adwise Seeking - PHP Professional":
> >...
> > Please send your resume in MS Word format to jobs_at_adwise.net
>
> Watch out, you've just unleashed a hoard of angry penguins!
>
> And to think that I just asked a few hours ago not to lash out at perspective
> employers ;)
>
> P.S.
> Microsoft Word is a *word processing* format, not a hard-copy format.
> Assuming you'd want to view and/or print your candidate's resumes, not
> EDIT them, there is no reason to insist on this proprietary format.
> PDF or Postcript are good hard-copy formats that you can accept. Not to
> mention that plain text, of even HTML, are just as good in this case
> (resumes do not typically include graphs, equations, table of contents, or
> anything else that word processors are used for), and virtually anyone
> can generate plain text or HTML with any software.
I'm afraid they have been shy to say developers should be able to
write documentation in MS Word format, so asked for resume in
this format as a proof of ability.
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