Trials in Austin (Score 1)

i also went through this process recently in
Austin, TX and had roughly the same experience.
i was applying for very Linux oriented jobs,
so i thought StarOffice or plain text files
would be appropriate, nope; i got just as far
as he did. if it's not in Word'97+ format
the middle man thinks you don't know what
you are doing.
i thought making an online resume, offering
the resume in the different file formats,
would be a much more attractive resume.
i found that few people ever went to the url
after i gave it to them and they said they
would, or they didn't understand the concept
of a resume being online.
you just have to deal with it when dealing
with middle-man agencies -- i choose to
avoid them and plan to never deal with them
again!