Help with a dumb job recruiter

2010-03-31 15:56:08

#1

HaiBai: Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me; +304|5891|Bolingbrook, Illinois

Ok, my dad sent a resume to a company in Microsoft Word. The recruiter told him to send the resume per the request below. This is the request:

Please attach a copy of your resume in MW of PDF format.

So what does that mean? Did she mean Microsoft Word or PDF? And if that's what she meant, why did she email him back asking to send the resume per request. Is it because he sent it in Word 2007?

2010-03-31 15:56:37

#2

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6196|Catherine Black

Send her a bunch of formats and let her take her pick.

2010-03-31 15:58:21

#3

Yellowman03: Once Again, We Meet at Last; +108|6642|Texas

It's a good idea to email resumes, cover letters, etc. in .pdf format so that anybody could read it.

I use this: http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx

I print using PrimoPDF instead of choosing a printer, and it makes a pdf file.

2010-03-31 15:59:55

#4

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6963

Office 2007 is a compatibility shitfest. Pdf it.

PS If you rely on any VBA code/macros behind MS Access, MS PowerPoint or MS Excel then DO NOT upgrade without thorough testing beforehand.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2010-03-31 16:01:16)

2010-03-31 16:00:49

#5

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7008|132 and Bush

Upload it to google docs and download it as a pdf.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2010-03-31 16:01:34

#6

HaiBai: Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me; +304|5891|Bolingbrook, Illinois

Yellowman03 wrote:
It's a good idea to email resumes, cover letters, etc. in .pdf format so that anybody could read it.

I use this: http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx

I print using PrimoPDF instead of choosing a printer, and it makes a pdf file.

I know what a PDF is. It's just that she worded it "in MW of PDF format." That's not a typo by me.

2010-03-31 16:02:28

#7

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7008|132 and Bush

It is to me. *or.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2010-03-31 16:02:51

#8

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6963

HaiBai wrote:
Yellowman03 wrote:
It's a good idea to email resumes, cover letters, etc. in .pdf format so that anybody could read it.

I use this: http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx

I print using PrimoPDF instead of choosing a printer, and it makes a pdf file.
I know what a PDF is. It's just that she worded it "in MW of PDF format." That's not a typo by me.

It's a typo by her.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2010-03-31 16:03:05)

2010-03-31 16:03:11

#9

HaiBai: Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me; +304|5891|Bolingbrook, Illinois

Kmarion wrote:
It is to me. *or.

So why didn't she accept the resume he sent to her in Microsoft Word?

2010-03-31 16:05:18

#10

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6407|The Mitten

HaiBai wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
It is to me. *or.
So why didn't she accept the resume he sent to her in Microsoft Word?

Because Microsoft Word is a fucking program, not file format.
There's .doc, .docx and .doc's don't all behave the same
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_ … le_formats

EE (hats

2010-03-31 16:05:36