[Lnc-business] Biased Resumes

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I think all computers have print to PDF now don't they?  All Macs do.

-Caryn Ann


On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 4:46 PM Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:

> PC culture has gotten more ridiculous than I even realized if asking for a
> PDF is "biased" now.  :-)
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> The PDF format was my call.  Because word processors use scripting
> languages for fancy functionality, I'm more likely to pick up malware by
> accepting Word docs than PDFs.  There are many choices for free software
> that creates a PDF from any software with a Print feature, and there are
> free online services to convert, so most people are readily able to
> generate PDFs.  When I get the file in Word or some other format, then I
> have to spend the time to convert it to PDF so I can give the LNC a PDF
> bundle, so it saves me time if the files are already provided in PDF.  If
> the files sent to me are created with software that I don't use, then I
> have to spend time to either go back to the person and ask for something
> else that I can work with.
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> If someone wants to apply but really has no means to generate a PDF, just
> tell them to email their application to me at secretary at lp.org instead.
> If they use a word processor that I don't use, then we're at a stalemate.
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> -Alicia
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> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com>
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>> So is there a reason we are only accepting resumes for the Credentials
>> Committee in PDF? Lots of people have resumes saved in doc files.   I
>> pointed out to the person with the dilemma that there are PDF converters
>> online if their current platform didnt have the ability on it to do the
>> conversion..
>> That all said, is there a reason for that limitation?
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>> Daniel Hayes
>> LNC At Large Member.
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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*Caryn Ann Harlos*
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Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
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