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> HTML, although a > bandwidth hog > and inappropriate for posts to a reflector, is nonetheless useful for > assuring that a message is seen as the sender intended, and I use > it for all > my email r)B?sum? submissions. I disagree. I know that within the IT community, many email clients are set to display HTML as plain text. Unless HTML is used sparingly, then this can make the email virtually unreadable, which needless to say, makes it unread. Those of us who are old enough to remember terms like Fido and UltraBoard may also remember how to create art from text. My personal opinion is that a well-formatted, well-written cover letter in text, and a targeted Word-format r)B?sum? will likely get the most attention. That said, what I feel is the biggest hurdle to getting an interview today is the simple fact of getting your r)B?sum? read. I know if I was an HR or IT person and received 300-4000 r)B?sum?s for a single posting, my position would be to read until I found about 10 potential candidates and then schedule interviews. This means that more that 1/3 (and possibly more than 2/3) of the potentially qualified candidates r)B?sum?s would never even be seen. How do you deal with that? Grant M.
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