[wellylug] Linux on yourCV

Enkidu enkidu at cliffp.com
Tue May 11 18:37:36 NZST 2004


On Tue, 11 May 2004 10:52:30 +1200, you wrote:
>
>When I worked for Sun Microsystems in the UK I hired many student 
>interns... the CV ordering process went like this.
>
>All CVs were to be sent via email.
>
>1) If the CV was in MS format it was ignored
>2) If it was in StarOffice/OpenOffice, PDF, plain text or HTML format it 
>would be read by the reviewers just in our division.
>3) If it was sent as a link to a website it would be read by the 
>reviewers and posted to other divisions
>4) If it was a link to a website which included some form of Java then 
>it was a guaranteed interview
>
>Every hiring season I had to go through hundreds of CVs, this was an 
>effective way to whittle those down to a managable group. I probably 
>missed some great CVs written in MS format but we tended to be pretty 
>happy with out student hires so the system worked well enough.
>
I'd modify that slightly.

1a) If the CV is in PDF format, send out a hit squad.

Cheers,

Cliff




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