https://www.reddit.com/r/VirginiaTech/comments/1j7sccl/how_is_there_still_no_easy_wellformatted/
created by TheHaft on 10/03/2025 at 06:25 UTC
40 upvotes, 6 top-level comments (showing 6)
I'm a Senior in CS so of course my life is applying to (and getting rejected from) 700 jobs a day now and the occasional needy job application will reasonably ask for a copy of an unofficial academic transcript. How in the world does HokieSpa in the year 2025 not provide a reasonable printout for this? My shitty high school did a better job of providing PDFs. I have to send an incredibly poorly-formatted Ctrl + P screengrab of an already poorly-formatted web page every time a company asks for an unofficial transcript and every time I have to do that, I add another sentence to this rant. I get that employers don't give a shit, but holy hell it feels like I'm showing up to a job interview in SpongeBob shorts. I can deal with the regular, completely poorly formatted HokieSpa layout for other stuff like Course Request, looks like shit but it gets the job done and I don't have to share it with anyone, but how could it possibly be so hard to list my 3.5 years of courses in a table and slap "Unofficial Academic Transcript" at the top? I understand that at this rate it will not be developed within mine or my great grand children's lifetimes, I just don't understand why.
Comment by nostringssally at 10/03/2025 at 09:06 UTC
20 upvotes, 2 direct replies
1. 700 a day? 2) You could reformat it yourself 3) I agree you shouldn’t have to
Comment by Interesting_Key333 at 10/03/2025 at 10:12 UTC
16 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If you're applying to that many jobs, there has to be something you can do to make the applications stand out more. I bet if you go to a career event that talks about resumes, job applications, etc., they may have a way to reformat the download AND make your applications better.
Comment by 1quirky1 at 10/03/2025 at 12:51 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Go for custom focused applications for the most relevant/desirable listings. Quality over quantity.
That generic application seeded indiscriminately across the plains will only get responses from those that don't care who they ~~exploit~~ hire.
Make your own unofficial transcript that is accurate and easy to read. The formatting of the source does not matter if the content is validated by an official transcript.
Comment by LORYoutube at 10/03/2025 at 14:37 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The Virginia community college I came from had a better system for downloading UO transcripts. Wonder what the problem is and what makes it a bit more difficult.
Comment by IndustrialPuppetTwo at 10/03/2025 at 16:15 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Hey man Blacksburg was one of the first digital communities on the Internet in the world. These things take time ya know.
Comment by Worldly-Emphasis-234 at 10/03/2025 at 14:34 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If you use robots to automatically mass apply to hundreds of jobs for you, you will get nothing. You are supposed to personalize applications to every company you apply to. I’m not surprised no one is calling you. You probably don’t make cover letters, you probably have the same generic objective line in your resume for every job, and you probably don’t highlight the right skills per job application. You should be looking at each listing, seeing their required/recommended skills, and highlighting those through cover letter and by making sure those key words are on your resume.
Don’t be lazy, because lazy doesn’t get hired (as you have seen thus far).