Resume Tips for a Digital Age (First in a Series): the Header
1. Always put private email address and a single phone number on your resume. Putting work contact info down is only negative and suggests the following: a) your employer knows or you don’t care that they know that you are on the market since employees have no reasonable expectation of privacy in office email; b) you are cavalier about using your employer’s resources for your personal use; c) you only use email and the internet for work-related business and are, therefore, not comfortable with current technology (especially deadly for older candidates). In addition, anyone who has your resume will be unable to reach you with any potential job leads once you have left your current position.
No husband and wife email addresses pls:
i.e. jackandjill@email.com It only raises the inference that your comfort level and use of current technology is limited.
Physical address is optional unless you are looking to change geography. If you are looking to move an address connected to that new place is a positive
One phone number, your best number, is sufficient. In this age of phone number portability and cel phone penetration, putting more than one number, usually a cel phone, smacks of desperation.
If you have a strong Linked In© (www.linkedin.com) presence (and you should), which includes recommendations, why not put the link to your Linked-In© profile? It gives an easy option to dig deeper if the prospective employer cares to do so. N.B., in all cases, your profile should be consistent with the job for which you are applying since even if you don’t put a link in your resume, your Linked In© profile will likely be the first one to pop up in any Google© or other search engine search.
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