[CLUE-Talk] Marketing Your Linux Skills

[Nate Duehr]

Patty Laushman wrote:

>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
>
>  
>
I usually send resumes in PDF format which is pretty easy for most folks 
to deal with nowadays with a note in the e-mail about where to find 
versions in MS-Word, & ASCII Text via a URL on my webserver.  Just like 
customers, it's always best to give anyone viewing your product a 
CHOICE.  ;-)

Nate