Brett Lymn wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 08:37:30PM +0000, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > > > Well unfortunately I need MS formats, because I am relocating and I > > will need to fire up some CVs. I don't really care about .docx. I need > > at least to be able to edit my CV and send it. Of course Google docs > > is a quick a dirty way to do the job, but... > > > > Sort of an aside but why not just submit a PDF? I don't know of any > reason why you should send a propsective employer your CV in an editable > format. If you do this then it doesn't matter what you keep your CV in.
Agreed. I issue PDF. Agents like .Doc to remove [freelance] applicants contact details so employers can't contact direct. Some agents pretend a candidate is part of their staff, etc. I refuse .doc with reason: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/no_doc.html#business Which word processor: Decade[s] back I decided hand cranking a package was Not the way to go. I wanted totaly automatic update, [& web upload] of multiple formats for multiple human languages from a single master source. With Wysiwyg automatic redisplay of each write in editor; so I use groff & wrote & maintain wysiwyg patches to vi + ghostview & BSD make macros etc: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/#wysiwyg (Macros could be easily extended for latex too, but I'm used to groff) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Interleave replies below like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. Slash NSA budget. http://berklix.eu/jhs/blog/2013_10_30