[CLUE-Talk] Marketing Your Linux Skills

[Patty Laushman]

Personally, when I review resumes to hire people for my Linux consulting
company, I don't care what format they come in with -- MS Word, Open Office,
PDF, text -- because I can read them all.  What you need to consider,
however, is who is most likely to screen your resume before it gets to
someone competent enough to be able to open any format a resume may come in.
My advice would be to appeal to the lowest common denominator and always
send your resume in MS word format.

Oftentimes, the first person to look at your resume either at a staffing
agency or a company is NOT a technical person.  Why take a chance the person
who first reads your resume doesn't pass it on to the appropriate person
because they can't deal with the format you used? Additionally, many
companies use resume-warehousing software that automates entry of Word-based
resumes into a database, and if they have to enter yours by hand, you're
reducing your chances of your resume getting in front of the right people.

Patty Laushman
The Uptime Group, Inc.
(303) 757-4611, Ext. 404
http://www.theuptimegroup.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G. Richard Raab" <rraab at plusten.com>
To: <clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Talk] Marketing Your Linux Skills


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> On Friday 07 May 2004 10:29 am, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> > Hi Folks.
> >
> > Since we have a presentation coming up on finding Linux jobs, I figured
> > I'd toss out this article on tailoring your resume.
> >
> > The short versions: keyword-bomb your resume, so that it comes up more
> > often in recruiters' searches. Oh, and put it in MS-Word format.
>
> Are you suggesting that they use MS-Word format because somebody else uses
it,
> or are you asking?
>
> Personally, when I look at resumes/CV, if it comes in MS format, I assume
that
> that they spend more/most of their time on MS paltform.
> About 2/3 of the resumes that I have received have been in text/pdf
formats
> which have been perfect for a LINUX job.
> Of course, if somebody is looking for any old job with any old place, then
MS
> format would be the prefered approach.
>
> >
> > http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/commentary/33660.html
>
> - -- 
> cheers
> g.r.r.
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