Resumé in Word?
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- boobs
These people drive me fucking nuts!!!
I went to a lot of effort to make my resumé look really killer and stylish in Illy, and I output it in PDF.
And then fuckers come around and they want it in Word?
Fuckity Fuck Fuck!!!!
- monospaced0
If you're a designer, you should have no problem making your résumé look great in Word. It's all about clean typography. Over-designed CVs are overkill in my opinion anyway.
- totally agree.fadein11
- Also agree with what you agree with.mg33
- Use the résumé to show how you can restrain your type and design based on pure legibility and quick scanning.monospaced
- what he said.pango
- Yeah, he should be able to do it but not accepting PDFs is a bad sign.CyBrainX
- formed0
Can't you just output the PDF as a Word file? There is the option (though I've never used it).
- bad idea. that's not what i think they want.ohhhhhsnap
- Yeah, that works like shit. Letters came out like they were just sprayed all over the page.boobs
- oh wellformed
- It does work like shit, just confirmed...figuresformed
- Always trust boobs! Boobs never lie.boobs
- sarahfailin0
I use just Baskerville Old Face for headings and TNR for body in my resume. Simplicity.
...but then I don't actually work in design.
- stoplying0
Just insert a jpg of your res into word
- whatever you do, don't do thismonospaced
- Did you notice his QBN name?CyBrainX
- I know he's being sarcasticmonospaced
- JG_LB0
^ do that
- set0
Even better, print it out and take a photo of your normal résumé, then insert that into word.
- Knuckleberry0
Blizzard (the company that makes World of Warcraft and other games) requires all documents in word only... they throw away all other file formats.
- monospaced0
Sometimes places want a Word file so they can keep an organized, consistent database, and sometimes auto-load info from the résumé itself into their system. Yes, this includes good design places, so it's not always a bad omen that they ask for a Word document.
- true, but that makes it easier to filter out you based on keywords, you want to talk to a person, not a script...vaxorcist
- yes, exactly, that's not a bad thing either, that's the fucking point of a resumemonospaced
- albums0
Step 1: Use columns.
Step 2: Embed fonts.
- SlashPeckham0
Send three:
PDF
Word
Text documentAn additional link to a zip file containing all of these items stored somewhere on your website - your recall rate should go up as this covers everybody - also makes you look organised too
- monospaced0
I want to see the "killer and stylish" Illustrator version.
- PonyBoy0
if their HR isn't doesn't have a PDF reader available... run
- Complexfruit0
Resume. A list of jobs I never want to do again.
- formed0
Did they decline the Word file? It seems peculiar that they would "require" you to.
Now, I have seen places ask for Word files just because that's what they think about, but it had nothing to do with logic, so the PDF is fine.
I'd ask, seems very odd to me. Clearly nowhere would judge your abilities on supplying a Word file vs. a PDF, even for someone working in Office all day. That's just silly.
I certainly would not remake your resume because one person asked for a Word file. That's even sillier.
- ohhhhhsnap0
- i mean... do this if you don't give a fuck about the job that is.ohhhhhsnap
- SoulFly0
The only reason for word, as someone mentioned, is that if they have software that reads word files and autofills a separate document. I think mostly recruiters use that, to better search keywords later on.
Sometimes PDFs are locked or outlined, so it's safer to just get a word.
- MrT0
Fucking Word.
Make sure when you get paid, ask for it in gold bullion because, you know, that's your standard remuneration format.