Re: Resumes

[Aahz <aahz -at- NETCOM -dot- COM>]

In article <9410181528 -dot- AA25641 -at- cnseq1 -dot- ca -dot- oracle -dot- com>,
Gwen Gall  <ggall -at- ca -dot- oracle -dot- com> wrote:

>Now, my question is: would there have been anything wrong with responding by
>sending as ascii version of a resume to that email address? Did they expect
>this, or were they just including the email address to prove that they are hip
>and up-to-the-moment and real high tech.? (Note: the ad was for software
>engineers and programmers also.) Also, would an ascii version be sufficient?
>After all, it's part of our skill set to make a nice-looking document, oui?
>Or, how about sending ascii, with a note that snailmail will follow?

I would recommend sending a short note asking them if they want e-mail
resumes.  I strongly recommend ASCII resumes; it's possible to format it
fairly well.  (See the end of this for mine.)  I've never sent my resume
snail mail, but I bring lots of copies to the interview (only a couple
of people will have seen the resume ahead of time; everyone else will
appreciate the nice paper and formatting).

*Never* *ever* send PostScript files unless the ad specifically requests
them or you ask first.

I'm near the end of my contract, so if anyone has a job in Silicon
Valley....

                             Dan Bernstein

                                                        4670 Clarendon Dr.
                                                        San Jose, CA  95129
                                                        aahz -at- netcom -dot- com
                                                        (408) 252-4942

Computer     RDBMS and text database systems
Skills       C, Pascal, Fortran, PAL
             MS-DOS, Unix, MS-Windows, OS/2, Internet
             Paradox (DOS/Windows), Topic, Ventura, MS-Word, WordPerfect
             IBM PC, Sun, IBM 30xx

Experience   Technical Writer
             Talking Technology Inc., Alameda, CA                     1994
          -  Wrote 120-page manual for telephone processing board.
          -  Worked with programming team to specify API design.
          -  Designed and wrote tutorial for event-driven programming.
          -  Wrote example programs in C.
          -  Designed layout of manual.
          -  Developed style guidelines.

             Senior Technical Support Engineer
             Borland International, Scotts Valley, CA         1990 to 1994
          -  Served as a Paradox technical guru, trained other engineers,
             and was last line of support for major customers.
          -  Supported 35 Paradox phone customers per day.
          -  Responsible for 8 sections of a CompuServe forum with
             300 messages per day.
          -  Wrote more than 75 and reviewed more than 150 technical
             notes, and edited the Paradox manuals for technical accuracy.
          -  Worked extensively with Quality Assurance, logging more
             than 100 bug reports; reviewed bug reports; and specified
             new features.
          -  Wrote utility software, including an install program in
             Pascal used by Paradox Tech Support for its utility disk,
             and a fixed-length ASCII text importer in PAL for the
             developer's disk.

             Manager of Information Systems
             CCSCE, Palo Alto, CA                             1982 to 1990
          -  Responsible for 6 PCs and a Lantastic network; selected and
             purchased software and hardware, and trained personnel.
          -  Managed database of approximately 50 megabytes.
          -  Transformed over 5 megabytes of FORTRAN and ASCII databases
             into Paradox tables for non-programmers.
          -  Wrote a population projection model in FORTRAN, and analyzed
             and summarized data using Pascal programs and 1-2-3
             spreadsheets.
          -  Coordinated production of books and published 2 books with
             Ventura.
          -  Consulted with outside clients.

Education    Engineering Computer Science, UC Davis

Other     -  Toastmasters member for over six years
          -  Facilitator, Experience Unlimited (ProMatch)

                              --- Dan Bernstein
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                                  (408) 252-4942
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