One Recruiter at a Time
I keep no Word version of my resume, for religious, moral, and digestive reasons. Every recruiter asks for one anyway, and every time I explain that Word can open the plain text file, I'm met with glee, as if I'd revealed a whole new world.
I do not have a Word version of my resume -- for religious reasons. And moral reasons. And digestive reasons.
Instead, I maintain both a PDF and plain text version of my resume. Inevitably, every time I send my resume to a recruiter, I'll receive a response asking for a Word version. Each time this happens I suggest to the recruiter that he open the plain text version of the resume from within Word and then save it as a Word doc. I've received so many enamoured responses - full of glee - as though I had just revealed to him a whole new world. No doubt the new found wisdom is shared at lunch with all of the other recruiters. Mind boggling.
