I have no application form and I must rant

[Mike Starke]

Sorry for the top-post:

Have you ever heard the expression which deals with
'wars' and 'battles'? 

If you want to apply, get with their format. There are plenty
of other fronts you can fight on.

v/r
-Mike


On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 03:06:31PM -0700, Michelle Lowman wrote:
/_I know this topic came up at the county meeting, but I'm having a
/_problem with proprietary document formats being used by MCCCD. They have
/_several faculty positions listed, and I would like to apply for them,
/_but the application on the website is in .doc format, and it is
/_thoroughly macro-ridden, so I can't open it in either OpenOffice or
/_Abiword without it being mangled.
/_
/_I asked Employee Services if they could email me an .html or .rtf
/_version, and they say it goes against policy to email applications (even
/_blank ones -- go figure.)
/_
/_Three of these positions close tomorrow, which means I can't apply for
/_them because I can't get the form by then. They do have an online
/_application form, but if I remember right (I haven't looked at it in a
/_while) that thing is a nightmare. It looks like I'll have to just try to
/_do it that way, and I'll have to apply for the other positions next week
/_between classes on one of the MS machines at PC. Dammit. 
/_
/_OK, rant over. Any other thoughts on this?
/_
/_-Michelle
/_
/_-- 
/_Kids, study your math. Key to the universe.
/_	--Christopher Walken (as Gabriel in The Prophecy)