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For every frustrated HR peon who hates it when people send a link instead of a Word resume, there is another who hates it when people send a Word resume instead of a link. Of course, both will invariably come to the conclusion that people are stupid.

Attachments? Only stupid people don't know about viruses. No attachments? Only stupid people don't know about the MS Word-compatible software used by HR departments to sort through resumes. And so on and so forth, ad nauseum.

How about you take a long, hard look at yourself, Ms. HR and consider that one is by definition a "total raging bitch" when one refers to their fellow human beings as "whiney fucksicles".



I have to wonder if she specified the resume format and medium. If I ask for a resume as an RTF attachment, I'm not going to get mad at someone who sends a link. I'm just not going to look at it. That said, I've received some truly horrific resumes over the years.




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