[nfbcs] Where to start in computer science:

[Christopher Chaltain]

I've run into a few companies or recruiters that want a resume in Word. 
For these employers, I have a very simple resume in Word I send to them. 
It's basically my LaTeX version with the LaTeX markups stripped out. 
It's not very pretty, and it may cost me a few follow up calls, but I 
figure it's good enough to get me past the resume scrapers used by the 
on line job application process.


The upside to using LaTeX is that I can maintain my own resume, and I 
don't need sighted help with the formatting. Making updates when my job 
history changes or I want to tweak my resume for a particular job is a 
breeze and at least in my opinion makes it well worth keeping my resume 
in LaTeX. Finally,for a lot of the jobs I'm interested in demonstrating 
I know and can use LaTeX is a plus.


On 01/28/2018 09:51 AM, Mike Gorse via nfbcs wrote:
> I don't know, but I think I've heard that recruiters might want 
> resumes in Word format because they want to edit them and add their 
> own boilerplate, rather than passing the unmodified resume to the 
> employer and letting the employer contact the applicant directly.
>
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2018, Aaron Cannon via nfbcs wrote:
>
>> Do many companies ask for resumés in Word format? I've never sent 
>> mine as a Word document. It's always been as a .pdf.
>>
>> Aaron
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>>> On Jan 27, 2018, at 23:57, Ryan Mann via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Since you use it for your resume, what do you do if the company 
>>> expects it in Word format?  I’ve searched on Google for converting 
>>> latex to Word and it seemed there was no standard  way to do it.
>>> Sent from my toaster
>>>
>>>> On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:39 PM, Christopher Chaltain via nfbcs 
>>>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's true you can use LaTeX to write mathematical expressions, but 
>>>> it's an all purpose document markup system. Right now, I use it for 
>>>> my resume and personal letters. In the past, I've also used it for 
>>>> software documentation, papers and presentations.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/27/2018 11:41 AM, David Andrews via nfbcs wrote:
>>>>> Latex is a way to write mathematical expressions so they are 
>>>>> readable and manipulable.  Often graphical symbols are used for 
>>>>> math, which isn't of course accessible, so Latex is a good thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are people with lots of experience in this area on our blind 
>>>>> math list, 
>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> At 01:24 PM 1/26/2018, you wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all! I’m a complete novis in computer science but I have to 
>>>>>> learn it as part of getting a climatology degree. I was advised 
>>>>>> to also learn a language called Latex which I know nothing about. 
>>>>>> Does anyone know of the best places to start learning about Latex 
>>>>>> and other computer languages? Thank you!!! Blessed be!!! Kendra 
>>>>>> Schaber National Federation of the Blind, Capitol Chapter, Salem, 
>>>>>> Oregon.  "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear" 
>>>>>> Author Unknown.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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