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From: geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA
- use off-white (almond, beige, greyish, taupe, etc.) or a
- use very thick paper: not cardstock by any means, but
- use textured paper: not sandpaper, but something with a
- if you have access to an inkjet printer _whose ink
doesn't smear_ when you touch it with your fingers,
consider printing the resume in two colors. I'm hesitant to
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Sorry, Geoff, but many companies these days are actually requiring
standard paper -- copier stock -- no colors or textures. This is
because they don't have an "HR geek" looking at them at all. They just
do the OCR thing and then scan for keywords. If you were to submit a
"pretty" resume as you described, it would be liable to have the exact
opposite of the desired effect.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2
Tacoma, WA 98477-0001 USA
253-924-7972 wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
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