[wellylug] Linux on yourCV

Michael Dittmer michael.dittmer at paradise.net.nz
Tue May 11 22:56:52 NZST 2004


[QUOTE]
7. Fonts. Why do people insist on creating PDFs with strange fonts
that don't come as standard with the usual PDF readers?
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I still don't get your reasoning, but I can change PDF's even if they are
"locked". You just have to have the right software. Also, people can read
all of my PDF's even if they don't have my fonts because I embed all of my
fonts and images. This is what creates larger PDF's, but try doing that in
Word!!!

If you don't embed your fonts or images, PDF's are generally smaller then
Word files, but of you have some strange font that no-one else has they
can't read it, or the font gets substituted for something else.

[QUOTE]
6. Colour. Horror of horrors! Colour has no place in a CV.
[/QUOTE]

What's wrong with colour? Makes looking at hundreds of CV more interesting.
The ones that are striking are more likely to get  "noticed". Sure, going
overboard with the colour is bad and a bit of a put off, but a bit here, a
bit there is OK by me.

[QUOTE]
1. Proprietary. Even if it freely available.
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hmm...just where did you get that idea from?

Regards

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz]On Behalf Of Enkidu
Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 10:40 p.m.
To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Linux on yourCV


On Tue, 11 May 2004 19:12:08 +1200 (NZST), you wrote:
>
>On Tue, 11 May 2004, Damon Lynch wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 18:37, Enkidu wrote:
>>
>> > 1a) If the CV is in PDF format, send out a hit squad.
>>
>> Why?
>
>I would argue that PDFs are actually a very good format to send (my CV was
>done with LaTeX and rendered to PDF). Basically, The Simpsons are on, so I
>can't elaborate, but the basic gist is:
>
>1. open
>2. easy to view in any OS
>3. difficult to change directly (that's a GOOD thing)
>4. smallish
>5. ... damn ads are over.
>
1. Proprietary. Even if it freely available.

2. You have to download a viewer. Bad! Bad! Bad!

3. Difficult to change directly (that's a BAD BAD thing). So you have
19 documents in portrait mode and one in landscape mode. In most other
formats you can change that with the click of a button. Doesn't work
with most PDFs. So the PDF document is in dual column mode. Doesn't
the writer realise what a bad impression that makes? It's much harder
to scan read a two column layout than a single column. Can't change
that. If I can read a document in MY chosen format, it might get read.
If I can easily switch a document to MY chosen format I *might* do it.
If I can't change the format to something readable, it goes in the
bin.

4. Bigger than Word - I've been sent PDFs that are 2MB! Even Word
doesn't bloat that much. Usually.

5. Usually contain pictures and "art work". Why do people get their
hands on a layout program and suddenly think that they transformed
into artistic geniuses? I want to know about their qualifications and
achievments, not admired the clever use of fonts in the headings.

6. Colour. Horror of horrors! Colour has no place in a CV.

7. Fonts. Why do people insist on creating PDFs with strange fonts
that don't come as standard with the usual PDF readers?

Cheers,

Cliff


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