Michael wrote, re: HTML format CVs: > plus you could do some > special things with it to make your applications stand out from the pack Exactly my point, Michael! The possibilities are endless when it comes to a CV using multimedia formats. And in this day and age of IT, when things are so difficult, imagine what you could do to stand out. Consider the approach many graphic designers take in order to get noticed in an ever-more competitive market. . ...Actually (OT!): A friend of mine, some years back, hired a semi-trailer for a job interview and turned the entire thing into her [graphic design] portfolio. Needless to say, the employer (Disney) was blown away and she got the job. It's a pity we're limited by the formats/formatting that job agencies impose on us. Pfff.... Word is so limiting! Rgds Nigel Dawes Architectural Consultant Chartres Business Solutions (02) 9247 2090 -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- Reply-To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: "Michael Edward Granat" <megranat@xxxxxxxx> Sender: <austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> References: <000701c34111$24aa5ce0$fd0a0eca@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Resumes are a show case for a Tech Writer Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 16:37:24 +1000 Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.2.20030703162729.00aac1b0@xxxxxxxx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 X-Sender: megranat@xxxxxxxx In-Reply-To: <NFBBKCIEAKJPAGABFDGNCEAJCKAA.NDawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> X-archive-position: 1106 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 X-original-sender: megranat@xxxxxxxx X-list: austechwriter X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Well, seeing as you asked, Nigel (Dawes). IMHO, HTML is a perfectly valid and highly portable format for many forms of documentation along with job applications, plus you could do some special things with it to make your applications stand out from the pack. Provided that you make sure that your code works with an open standards Web browser, so that it is able to be opened on any platform with any browser, then I say go for it! The main impediment to us being versatile is the recruitment industry insistence on everything being in Word format (whether it is or not!) so that they can mess with it and fit it into their pro forma documents, making whatever reaches the work provider prospect (far too rarely their signed-off client) bear little or no resemblance to (or looking like an embarrassing, poorly presented and muddled cousin of) what you created in the first place. Cheers, Michael Granat Write Ideas At 15:31 3/7/2003 +1000, you wrote: >Dear All >I've been trying to follow this thread, but it's become more a of 50lb trace >and rapidly slipping through my fingers. >But, I'd like to know what do you [all] think of submitting a CV in an HTML >format? >And, why is it not common practice? > >Your thoughts?? > >Rgds >Nigel Dawes >Architectural Consultant >Charter Business Solutions >(02) 9247 2090 ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************