Stay Private when Posting Your Resume
There are many places online to post your
resume, and some sites take steps to secure your privacy. But
if you care about your privacy, you must not depend on the site
to do it for you.
Contact information in a hard
copy of your resume is usually designed to make it as easy to
get a hold of you as possible. After clearly and boldly stating
your name, you include as many viable phone numbers, mailing
addresses and email addresses as possible.
An online resume, on the other
hand, should have only one anonymous way to contact you. When
you post a resume online, delete:
your name
personal phone numbers
business phone numbers (of course!)
personal email addresses
business email address (of course!)
Replace the name of your current employer with a one line description of the company. If your company is well-known keep the description general enough as to not give it away. For example, if you work for The Home Depot describe it as a "home improvement retailer", not "the largest home improvement retailer in the world".
Finally, your point of contact.
Your contact information is limited to a unique online email
address that would be difficult to trace to you personally. I
recommend one of the major suppliers of free online mail
services such as Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, or G-Mail. These
companies have learned that customers do not want obtrusive
advertising sent with their emails. If you use a service other
than ones I have mentioned, be sure there are not any banner
ads, cutesy designs, smiley faces, embarrassing links or
anything else non-business like sent in your email.
To be taken seriously, choose a
business-like email name. CutiePie, HotChick, and StudMuffin
are not considered names for serious job seekers. A suggestion
that seems to work well is names related to your job title such
as CstAccountant, ElecEngineer, WbMaster.
Be selective in deciding where you post your resume. Anyone with access to a server can post it. But it is the large, well-known job sites are more likely to take steps to keep your resume information
secure.
resume, and some sites take steps to secure your privacy. But
if you care about your privacy, you must not depend on the site
to do it for you.
Contact information in a hard
copy of your resume is usually designed to make it as easy to
get a hold of you as possible. After clearly and boldly stating
your name, you include as many viable phone numbers, mailing
addresses and email addresses as possible.
An online resume, on the other
hand, should have only one anonymous way to contact you. When
you post a resume online, delete:
your name
personal phone numbers
business phone numbers (of course!)
personal email addresses
business email address (of course!)
Replace the name of your current employer with a one line description of the company. If your company is well-known keep the description general enough as to not give it away. For example, if you work for The Home Depot describe it as a "home improvement retailer", not "the largest home improvement retailer in the world".
Finally, your point of contact.
Your contact information is limited to a unique online email
address that would be difficult to trace to you personally. I
recommend one of the major suppliers of free online mail
services such as Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, or G-Mail. These
companies have learned that customers do not want obtrusive
advertising sent with their emails. If you use a service other
than ones I have mentioned, be sure there are not any banner
ads, cutesy designs, smiley faces, embarrassing links or
anything else non-business like sent in your email.
To be taken seriously, choose a
business-like email name. CutiePie, HotChick, and StudMuffin
are not considered names for serious job seekers. A suggestion
that seems to work well is names related to your job title such
as CstAccountant, ElecEngineer, WbMaster.
Be selective in deciding where you post your resume. Anyone with access to a server can post it. But it is the large, well-known job sites are more likely to take steps to keep your resume information
secure.
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