CHARLOTTE, NC —
The decision to set his résumé in default-font Times–New
Roman "deeply, personally, and irrevocably" offended a prospective
employer of Seth Hershey Monday. "I look for quality, pedigree, and
competency in the résumés that cross my desk, but I don't care if you
founded the Harvard School of Business—if you're going to use a crap
typeface like this, you might as well send me a finger painting in your
own shit," said HealthBest South Associate Vice-President Dick
Scottsfield shortly after hurling the document across his office in
disgust. "Did he think we'd accept something like this here? Does he
take me for a damn fool? If he had chosen the correct font, why, I
could've even overlooked this cheap, 14-lb. cotton stock paper."
Scottsfield said he intends to offer the job to the first person who
uses a decent 12-point Cheltenham Book with an elegant leading.