Re: [Fsf-friends] CSIR uses only Microsoft

"Dileep M. Kumar" dileep@gmx.net writes:

IAC, Many companies use automated software to read and sort the resumes in word document. Thats why they insist a job seeker to send the resume in word format.

[I don't know what IAC is]

I don't think this is even remotely possible. Unless there is a specific format in the document (the format of the information), there is no way to automatically extract any information from all the different kinds of resumes that comes in. Look at your resume, and then look at your friends resume, and see if there is _any_ possibility of extracting information from both of them in a uniform manner.

Thats why the HR consortium is working on an XML based resume format.

Rgds, anna