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Posted by comp.lang.php on 03/24/06 16:53
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> comp.lang.php wrote:
> > I have a textarea where people can cut & paste their resume.
> > Unfortunately they often cut & paste their Word resume into the
> > textarea, funky characters and all.
> >
> > This causes the display to be mangled from the HTML end when people
> > view pages with these resumes stored as a MySQL text field entry.
> >
> > How do I fix this, also, how do I fix the displays of those already
> > entered this way?
> >
> > Thanx
> > Phil
> >
>
> Phil,
>
> I guess I look at the problem differently.
>
> If I request a resume in Word format, I expect it in Word format. If someone
> else sends in a plain text file, they aren't even considered for employment.
> And vice versa.
>
> I mean - they're trying to find a job. If you ask them for plain text and they
> can't even follow that simple direction, could they follow more complicated
> instructions? Would you want to hire them?
>
You do have a point. Unfortunately, it was never a requirement before
for them to upload a non-text resume, in fact, it wasn't set up so that
they could do so beforehand until recently, so they had no choice but
to copy and paste, even if we told them text-only.
However, I can see how if the instructions say "copy and paste a
text-based resume only" and you can only cut and paste, perhaps you
might think that a Word resume isn't text.
But future managers in college don't know this. At least those we've
encountered.
Be afraid.
Phil
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