On Fri 21 Feb, Anand Kumria bloviated thus:
> I don't think so - they have to demonstrate to you that it is worth your
> time dealing with them.
More to the point: I want them to demonstrate why I should give them a
chunk of my salary.
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:09:12PM +1100, Matt wrote:
>
> | It's completely unreasonable for such companies to dictate to the people
> | who they depend on for their mere existence (the technical talent) and
> | discriminate against those who don't happen to use their (poor) choice
> | of internal
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 12:44, Brad Thomson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:55:54PM +1100, Jon Biddell wrote:
> >
> > The simple solution is either;
> >
> > A. Send them a PDF file
> >
> > Or
> >
> > B. Rename your resume.txt to resume.doc
> >
> > Either way they'll still read it.
>
> Nope,
This discussion began on the list. I'd like to keep it there.
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 16:34, Russell Davies wrote:
> ; Its significantly better. We're using an open documented format, that
> ; any application can support should it wish to.
> ;
> ; Even better, we're using a tool designed for the j
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 15:50, Russell Davies wrote:
> ; Ie, I think this war is better won by making .doc on Linux *not* an
> ; issue than an issue.
> ;
> ; After a while, we can stop sending the .docs and send each other .sxw
> ; directly.
>
> That is fundamentally no better than using word docu
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 15:33, Russell Davies wrote:
> ; > (or as has already been suggested, use something like abiword
> ; > which can write out rtf then just rename it to a ".doc" so it
> ; > opens fine in M$ word)
> ;
> ; Or OpenOffice. Save as -> MS Word 97/2000/XP.
> ;
> ; Okay, the proprieta
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 14:49, David Fitch wrote:
> (or as has already been suggested, use something like abiword
> which can write out rtf then just rename it to a ".doc" so it
> opens fine in M$ word)
Or OpenOffice. Save as -> MS Word 97/2000/XP.
Okay, the proprietary document format sucks, but
| It's completely unreasonable for such companies to dictate to the people
| who they depend on for their mere existence (the technical talent) and
| discriminate against those who don't happen to use their (poor) choice
| of internal documentation
You have to show these recruiters that you can
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 12:14, Brad Thomson wrote:
> Nope, PDF files generally go in the too hard basket due to lack of ability
> to easily edit them.
>
> A couple of the agencies have databases that not only accept Word files for
> input natively, but only work with specific versions of Word, which
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:55:54PM +1100, Jon Biddell wrote:
>
> The simple solution is either;
>
> A. Send them a PDF file
>
> Or
>
> B. Rename your resume.txt to resume.doc
>
> Either way they'll still read it.
Nope, PDF files generally go in the too hard basket due to lack of ability
to ea
On 20/02/2003 1:21 PM +1100 Michael Lake wrote:
Yeah so company ABC Holdings Corporation does not use an agency but puts
three
of its low level managers onto the job of vetting all applications.
3 x $60.00 / hour = $180 / hour round it to say $200/hour
300 applications for the Windows sys admin.
Dinesh Birlasekaran wrote:
> The commission rate is ridiculous. 20% of the total salary (per annum),
> so if you get a 100K job, the employer has to pay 20K in cash within 30days.
> I think that is way too much. I mean sure the guy is finding you a job,
> but 20K for one placement? I find th
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From: Jon Biddell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:56 AM
To: 'Kevin Saenz'; 'Russell Davies'
Cc: 'Sydney Linux User Group'
Subject: RE: [SLUG] difficult recruiters.
The simple solution is either;
A. Send them a PDF file
Or
B. Rename
tion?" and Bush replies "We kept
the receipts."
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> On Behalf Of Kevin Saenz
> Sent: Thursday, 20 February 2003 12:18
> To: Russell Davies
> Cc: Sydney Linux User Group
> Subject: Re:
Kevin Saenz wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking of something like a public blacklist of recruitment agencies
> > that SLUGers can boycott. I'd like to hear suggestions or discussion on
> > what we can do about this increasingly frequent annoyance. Getting such
> > an activity mentioned in a Newspaper would
> I'm thinking of something like a public blacklist of recruitment agencies
> that SLUGers can boycott. I'd like to hear suggestions or discussion on
> what we can do about this increasingly frequent annoyance. Getting such
> an activity mentioned in a Newspaper would also be of great benefit in
>
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