[Fsf-friends] CSIR uses only Microsoft

[Annamalai Gurusami]

"Dileep M. Kumar" <dileep@gmx.net> writes:

> IAC, Many companies use automated software to read and sort the
> resumes in word document. Thats why they insist a job seeker to send
> the resume in word format.

[I don't know what IAC is]

I don't think this is even remotely possible.  Unless there is a
specific format in the document (the format of the information), there
is no way to automatically extract any information from all the
different kinds of resumes that comes in.  Look at your resume, and
then look at your friends resume, and see if there is _any_
possibility of extracting information from both of them in a uniform
manner.

Thats why the HR consortium is working on an XML based resume format.

Rgds,
anna

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