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To those who have sent out resumes - see msg

Posted: Dec 13, 2014

Looking for a consensus of opinion here...

When sending off your resume, do you include your home address, or will just your name, phone number and email suffice?

I have the same question regarding the cover letter. Do you include your home address, or will just your name, phone number and email suffice?

I feel kind of nervous about sending ALL that information, but I really don't know the standard anymore. It's been a looooong time since I've had a resume.

TYIA.

All the info - sm - Anon

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My resume has all my contact information on it, including my home address. It's more than likely that your home address will come up when somebody googles your name anyway. I try to keep things as private as possible, but my address is out there on the Internet, and I can't do anything about it. My address may be on the Internet because we had a land (phone) line up until a year ago.

Most places I've applied to won't even take a - hard-copy resume. Only online.

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And all of the online resumes I've filled out had phone number, home address, etc. as a required field.

Yes, name, address, phone number and email all go on - both cover letter and resume. SM

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Google sample cover letters and resumes to get an idea of what a standard resume and cover letter should look like. It's also a good idea to have someone critique them before sending, a friend or relative who has an idea of what a good resume and cover letter should look like and how they should be written/put together.

I had a friend of mine critique mine who use to work in an HR dept. And now a days most resumes are submitted online. I haven't heard of anyone mailing or dropping them off in quite sometime, but I suppose it could depend on the places you are applying to. A lot of places want you to apply online now and copy and paste your resume or send it as an attachment.

If you do mail it, make sure you get yourself some really nice resume paper with matching envelopes.

Your address is already public - No secret there

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Your address is already out there. Google your own name and it will probably come up, along with a map to your house, your phone numbers, and every relative you have.

Just don't put your SSN on it. You can omit your date of birth, too.

Do set up a sensible-sounding email address using some form of your name, like jdoe4238. You don't want to be using anything anyone could dislike or take exception to, like lazybum or wildmom.

If you have not done a resume in a while, please do find online suggestions for them. What you may have been taught about resumes even 5 or 10 years ago is out of date.

Online Applications - see msg

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Applications generally require your name, address, etc.

However, if I am attaching a resume and not filling out an application, I only put my name and phone number on the resume and cover letter.

If I am applying locally and with a hard copy resume, I will put my name, address and phone number.

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