<div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr">I would suggest a simple thing, and it's pretty simple, considered that you're a programmer :)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Build a simple web site for yourself, that will have an input field where you'll put an email address, and a drop down menu for various "cover letters". </div>
<div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anyone you want to send an email to, go to this web site, enter his email, select cover letter and click "send". This "send" button will trigger a simple PHP/Perl/Shell function which will send an email with your CV in word format (Open Office can convert your CV to this format) and with the selected cover letter.</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">That way they'll be happy :)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr">Hetz<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/8/15 Omer Zak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:w1@zak.co.il">w1@zak.co.il</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I am now looking for work, and am undergoing the usual drill of sending<br>
E-mail messages in response to job/project ads and referrals.<br>
<br>
My mode of operation is to E-mail the URL to my CV in my Website. Light<br>
and sweet E-mail and the receipient's E-mail client has the convenient<br>
affordance of letting the receipient see my CV by clicking on the URL in<br>
the E-mail message.<br>
<br>
I encountered an interesting phenomenon.<br>
<br>
Some of those companies (both placement and project subcontract work<br>
outfits) look for a Linux software developer AND expect you to E-mail<br>
them a MS-Word .doc file.<br>
<br>
My current rule of thumb is to accommodate the job placement companies -<br>
they just matchmake according to keywords, and they have too much work<br>
to educate their workers about the foibles of Linux developers.<br>
<br>
But I would expect the subcontractors to have a clue about Linux<br>
developers/users (no MS-Word, in other words).<br>
<br>
If YOU were looking for work now, how would YOU deal with such<br>
companies?<br>
<br>
--- Omer<br>
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