From: Annamalai Gurusami annamalai.gurusami@email.masconit.com Date: 06 Jan 2004 19:01:50 +0530
Likewise, I always find that employment agencies (or job consultants, if you prefer that), often ask CV (or resume) in MS Word format. I
I've been a victim of that too. I used a PDF and a `plain text' and was never called even for the screening test. eh., but i just thought to myself., ah.. they lost me.. heh.
Thats a sad reality. I don't know why such a restriction is being imposed. I cannot seem to figure it out.
I guess they never bothered to think about it before advertising in the papers. I guess they dont care either. They just assume., that anyone and everyone should have a M$Office accessible.
Cheers, Joe
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