Re: How to convert plain ASCII text file to RTF?

pakrat_at_localhost.private.neotoma.org
Date: 12/30/04

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    On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:01:05 -0800 in <REM-2004dec30-001@Yahoo.Com> tinyurl.com/uh3t <rem642b@Yahoo.Com> wrote:
    >> From: Harald Eilertsen <no_spam@127.0.0.1>
    >> but why don't you just paste the file into the body of the email?
    >
    > I did that several months ago. Then I checked back yesterday to find
    > out if he's found me a job yet, and he said he doesn't have my resume
    > in his database, so I need to send it again. So I did again. Then I
    > called him right back and he said he knows the problem: The database
    > there (Manpower) doesn't allow any formats except MS-Word and RTF. So I
    > need to convert my resume into either of those formats before he can
    > put it in their database so they could then see if they have any job
    > available for me.

    Have the text file with one line per paragraph
    and a blank line between paragraphs.
    Rename the text file to .doc. Send as an attachment.
    Attachment magically opens in MS Turd instead of Notepad.
    Problem solved.
    >
    >> I'm sure he accepts plain text email, won't he?
    >
    > Only for eyeballing, not for putting into their resume database.
    >
    >> Then if he absolutely wants it in doc or rtf format, let him have the
    >> hassle of the conversion.
    >
    > Expecting the droids at Manpower, or *any* employment agency, to bend
    > over backwards for an unemployed person seeking a job, doesn't sound
    > like a good idea. I did suggest he copy&paste from the e-mail to a text
    > file then import that into MS-Word, and he said he'd take a look into
    > that idea, but that doesn't mean he'll actually figure out to do that,
    > so that's why I'm thinking I need to somehow convert the file myself to
    > RTF so he can copy&paste from the e-mail to a RTF file which he knows
    > he'll be able to put in their resume database just fine.

    You hit the crux of the problem.
    Since the pimps only know how to open the document, and don't
    know any application other than MS Turd and the database, abuse
    Windows' misguided notion of going by extension instead of file magic.
    It isn't like formatting really matters because the pimps will
    screw up your formatting, remove any identifying information that could
    let a potential john contact you directly, and inflate your
    resume if they think they can get away with it (And if anything
    they've gotten worse since the job market became leaner).

    If you actually care about the formatting of your resume,
    find a pimp that can handle PDF. Provide two PDF files. One
    where the resume has your contact information. A second where
    that information has been stripped out so they can forward it
    on without applying whiteout first. 

    -- 
Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidance -- Brazil
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