How to decide which Resume details and personal information to include in a Resume
You have to consider the information you should include in your Resumes and remember on Comoto you have a multiple Resumes feature (see here). Remember to make the evaluation for each Resume based on purpose and receiver?
Should you include:
Name
On a public profile you could consider only showing your first name or an abbreviation for first or surname.
Full Address
You should leave out the precise home address completely off your public resumes for identity Theft reason – read here. Afraid you wont be contacted – today all communications happens by e-mail and by phone!
Email
Depending of your current email provider and email address you should consider having a job email address. On a public profile you should definitely consider which email to use as it properly will be hijacked and spammed. You can either create a temporary email address or create a specific free email address (like Gmail) for this purpose and forward received emails to your normal mail (for gmail forward see here).
Email provider – Certain email providers will not be accepted by all spam filters – just consider how disappointed you will be if you learn your application ended in a spam filter.
Email address – How would you regard you email address – showing your are a serious person. Avoid words like lover, girl, boy, motor, gold, father, etc.
In fact, we encourage you to use a separate e-mail account for your job search also to be able to isolate job related e-mail – both in general and for security purposes. It also makes it easy to keep track of job correspondence.
Twitter, Facebook and other social network information
This is more difficult and depend on the social net and how you use it and what a reader would find out about you there. I regard a researcher would be able to find the information easily therefore you should consider (as always) what you show on a social network – read more here about the conflict between “Ambitious Resume , Party Animal on Facebook!”
Phone number (land line or mobile)
In a public Resume I would consider before I show a land line number as it is easy to get your address. Mobile I would consider leaving out and ask for contact by email but it would depend on the situation.
Social security number or central register personal number or similar
Simple – never show or give away before needed as part of a (real) job contract signing
Tax payer number
Simple – never show or give away before needed as part of a (real) job contract signing
Password number
Simple – never show before needed as part of a (real) job contract signing and never give away your passport
Picture
Difficult – there are numerous evaluations of the effect of having a picture or not but that’s outside this pages purpose on privacy. On a public profile I would not show a picture as it could be misused.
Mothers Maiden name
Simple – never show and never give away
Drivers’ license number and information
Simple – never show or give away before needed (not number but the information you have one) as part of a (real) job contract signing
Bank account number or the information that you have one
Simple – never show or give away before needed as part of a (real) job contract signing
What about specific information about:
Height
It can unlawful for an employer to ask for this information.
Weight
It can unlawful for an employer to ask for this information.
Religion
It can unlawful for an employer to ask for this information.
Marital status.
It can unlawful for an employer to ask for this information but is often stated
Professional license number.
I would just inform that you have a special license if relevant
Gender and Age
Notice it can unlawful for an employer to ask for this information. Your name will often tell reader your gender. Age I would show as leaving out often raises more thoughts and your age is a fact you can hide but every day change to the better or worse!
The reason why you left a past employer
Considerations will depend on the actual reason but I would recommend it should on be mentioned briefly if relevant – else I would wait for an eventual interview to explain.
The team
Always remember the famous short tale by Hans Christian Andersen “The Emperor’s new Clothes” and ensure you know what what’s “inside” the recruiter.
