Poll: Resumes, Addresses and Business Cards

[athelind]

We're moving at the end of the year, an event which has, heretofore, thrown a wrench into the jobquest, simply because of the need to revise and reprint resumes and so on. That's not going to happen this year.

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[Poll #1478509]

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Note that I use the same letterhead on my resume and my cover letters.

Note also that I'm augmenting my usual "email shotgun" approach with personal visits and hand-carried resumes, which is why business cards may or may not be useful.

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Comments

[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

not enuough room for my full comment.

A business card is for when you are employed. Your contact information is on your resume, and will be kept in a file folder. The business card would be put in the same folder, and would be nigh invisible at the bottom of it.

As for your address, that isn't nearly as important as your phone number. Most interviews are arranged by phone. Anything sent by snail-mail will be forwarded as long as you set your forwarding up properly. (HINT: Set your forwarding up properly!) When your address changes, that gives you an excuse to go visit them again and drop off an updated resume, giving more face-time and showing true interest on your part.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but *not having* a street address looks extremely weird.

[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

I meant that he should keep his current address on the resumes. If he knows what his new address is, he can update, but I don't think he has figured out his new digs yet.

[toob.livejournal.com]

At least in the tech industry, omitting your address from your resume is becoming standard.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I haven't been a job seeker in almost 4 years. I'm a contracted provider of services, not an employee.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Which is to say, you might be right. And my personal experience *is* out of date, even if that might not mean "obsolete"