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Re: ASK: Creating a great resume

MarketingHeadhunter.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:10:57 -0000

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Re: ASK: Creating a great resume

Jake — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:12:57 -0000

Good points, Eric. Thanks for bringing them up (I'll update the post).

Besides the track changes, there are also other issues with Word docs. See the update for some additional links.

Re: ASK: Creating a great resume

Eric S. — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:20:15 -0000

PDF is nice, but I've had MANY recruiters, application systems, and managers ask for a Word DOC resume ONLY. So, I'm afraid we all have to dust off our skillz and make sure change tracking is disabled and all changes have been "accepted." Here's a good summary on the issue:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/...

You'll also need to make sure you've got good TXT versions of your resume and cover letter available - many automated systems will only accept this format, and we've all seen what copied text looks like coming out of Word.