Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:36:46 +0200 (WEDT)
From: jeremy brand <jeremy@nirvani.net>
To: Dawn M. Dericke <ddericke@inc.judge.com>
Subject: RE: your mail

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, the following spilled from the mind of Dawn M. Dericke: 

> Jeremy,
>
> I am a recruiter.  I have two clients looking for someone with c,
> linux, Unix, with graphic tools to do web development.  Recruiters
> need word resumes to keep files and resumes for our records, and for
> your information, I work with fortune 100 companies and they "ALWAYS"
> ask me to forward them the "word" format of my candidates resumes.
> Good luck!
>
> Dawn
>

Hi Dawn,

As a recruiter, you make money off of each employee you place (am I
wrong?).

Since it is in your best interest to make money (I assume), you certainly
should be smart enough to transform an HTML page to WORD.  If not, you
should learn.  Here are the basics: It is very easy.  You simply open the
HTML document in word, then choose "file" -> "Save As..."  then choose a
new name with a Microsoft Word document extention.  You can now forward
that to you potential "fortune 100 company" and you have a better
potential to make money.

I hope this helps.  :)

Like I said (and I live by this) I don't have any interest in working for
a company that needs my resume from me in "word" format.  I'm not trying
to be mean, that is a very simple criteria that I use to screen companies.
In essense, what that is saying is this, "If this company that wants to
hire me is so boneheaded that they can not view a web page, or print a web
page, or transform a web page into word for their corporate file, then
that company has not been able to do enough to impress me, thus I do not
want to work there".  My screening method really does work for me too.
:)  Being that I am an Engineer working building large scale,
highly-available, dynamic web sites in PHP, I see no need to represent
myself (or put myself in classes with others) that need to use file
formats that require proprietary programs to create a resume.  As an
Engineer in the web field, I live and die by open standards and I can not
afford to associate myself with Microsoft (even by using MS Word) because
Microsoft is often against open standards in many ways and I do not
believe in their un-ethical business practices.

Good luck to you too!

Sincerely,
Jeremy Brand


> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeremy brand [mailto:jeremy@nirvani.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:00 PM
> To: Dawn M. Dericke
> Subject: Re: your mail
>
>
> Hi Dawn.
>
> Thank you for you offer, but I am not interested in working for any
> employer that needs my resume in "word" format.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jeremy Brand
>
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, the following spilled from the mind of Dawn M. Dericke:
>
> > Jeremy,
> >
> > I saw your resume on the internet.  I have a few clients that may have an
> > interest in your resume.  Please send me a word version if your currently
> > exploring job opportunities.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > > Dawn Dericke
> > > Technical Recruiter
> > >  Two Bala Plaza
> > >  Suite 800
> > > Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
> > > Phone (610) 667-7700 Fax (610) 667-1058
> > > dmd@judge.com  for resumes only
> > > dmdericke @ judge.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>