File formats for resumes (was Re: [TLUG]: soffice cli interface?)

[jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org]

> Christopher Browne wrote:
>> That meshes nicely with the reason why I'd be loathe to allow them to
>> have anything *BUT* a .pdf document, namely the fact that I don't want
>> those sorts of folks to have any capability to modify my resume.
>>
> They don't want to modify it, they want to do keyword extraction. Such
> activity is thwarted by embedding the resume as a JPG (it's unlikely
> they use OCR) and thus such a tactic is pointless. And PDFs are usually
> disliked because they're often bloated -- including every used font is
> just one thing that makes PDFs generally much bigger than DOC or ODT
> files of the same document.
>
> In any case, the job of a recruiter -- and the only way they make money
> -- is matching people with suitable jobs. If I was using the service of
> such a recruiter and small modifications in my resume would make that
> task easier, why would I object? I have found that "good"  resumes are
> in the eye of the beholder and sometimes need to be modified for the
> employer. If the headhunter is willing to do that work for me I'd hardly
> want to get in their way.
>
> - Evan


Hutchinson-Smiley, on Yonge Street north of Davenport Road, across from
Canadian Tire, wants extremely long resumes.

Their best people have 15-page resumes.

Then, for each and every client's contract, they tailor a shorter resume,
by extracting only parts relevant to that particular contract.

If they cannot do this, they would reject your resume.

J. E. McIntosh
<jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org>
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