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    Question Hand written resume?

    DH is trying to get himself a second/day job today & I have no way of printing his resume up at the moment. Our printer died & there's nowhere here we can use one, so I wrote his resume's up.
    What do you think? Is that ok? Its a wrecker & an abbitior he's going to, so I don't think it'd be a huge deal, but I'm hoping they won't just look at it & chuck it.... Its on lined paper, coz I don't trust myself on plain.
    What do you think?

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    I wouldn't do it myself.

    Are you able to save it to a memory stick or card and go to the local library or primary school to print it up?

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    I wouldn't either. Try the library or post office, or a friend's computer.

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    I used to work in recruitment - and I say don't! If you have no other choice then thats the only thing you can do.

    The databases of recruitment consultants are very clever these days, and where I worked, when I resume was emailed to the organisation, a process occurred where OCR (optical recognition) would then copy the resume into the database without having to be entered manually. So handwritten ones (I think I only ever saw one) would have to get sent to the IT department, and manually scanned and entered. I don't think potential employers want to see it unless it's typed up. As a consultant, its much better and more likely you will read a short sharp and shiny typed up res.

    Go to an internet cafe! Only like $2 an hour and you can print them there.
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    Your local public library will have computers and printers which you can use for 1 or 2 hours at a time for free, with a charge per page of printing.

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    I wouldn't do it as others have said go to a library or internet cafe.

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    Yeah i agree with the others, i wouldn't do it myself, there is plenty of places u can go to write it up and print like the library ..i know its not a high roller position like u sad but i still think it lacks class and is a bit cheap so to speak.

    If you have no other way then u have to do it good luck

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    We have no public library or net cafe here, otherwise I would've done it that way definetely.
    Not to worry, they already accepted him at the abbitoir & he starts on Monday!!! So happy I could cry!!

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    Re: Hand written resume?

    That's great news!!!

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    very happy for both of u hun

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    Its unreal! Such a relief! I just hope he can keep up with both jobs. Not sure what his hours will be here, but his other job doesn't start til between 7 & 9 at night til 12 - 1am. I guess if this is a 6am - 2pm shift, as I'm guessing it will be, he could catch up on sleep in the arvo's. I hope it works out anyway. We have so much catching up to do!