Thanks for letting me know, Mike and my apologies for any inconvenience caused to you by that recruiter. I was unaware that this was happening, as you should have only got my resume. I understand perfectly how you would have found such a large document unacceptable, even apparently pretentious, to receive with an initial application, which is why it is (supposed to be) only ever received by specific request. You should have never received it as a Word file, nor as a printout. Normally,my CV is only available by directly requesting it from me, as a PDF in which you can browse a job assignment "tree" of bookmarks. Please advise me off-list of who did so and I shall take steps to make sure that such things do not recur. Also, any so called professional recruiter should know the difference between a resume (without accents here because the "r=E9sum=E9" thing with Windows characters happened last time) and a Curriculum Vitae, which have quite different meanings here (but not in North America). resume: 1. a short descriptive summary, as of events. 2. US & Canadian, another name for Curriculum Vitae. [C19 from the French Resumer (accents missing) to RESUME] Curriculum Vitae: plural curricula vitae. an outline of a person's educational and professional history, usually prepared for job applications. Abbrev. CV [Latin, literally: the course of one's life.] (Source: Collins English Dictionary, Australian Edition.) But hey, I have to list all my assignments and tools and achievements somewhere, as I go, or I'd never have a hope of remembering them. It is as much a resource for me as anything else. Sincerely, Michael Granat Write Ideas At 11:30 3/7/2003 +1000, you wrote: >Michael, > >I once received your CV from a recruiter. >At no time did a discussion of "CV" versus >"resume" enter into any of my dealings with >agencies. It was disqualified on the basis >of sheer bulk. > >Mike ************************************************** 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 **************************************************