Usually I rely on my network & haven’t needed this kind of document in ages, but I’ve been tasked with creating a résumé for myself. I’ve grown more privacy-conscious every year & I think it’s weird that we are expected to give out so much information about ourselves to companies that lie about their culture & don’t want you sharing salary information with your coworkers. I have read stories about how these documents & information can sometimes get leaked & shared on the web which is pretty sketch.

TIL about “functional résumés” which it appears are usually meant to cover up your lack of work experience, but I like the idea of covering up a lot of my specific history as it is the skills that should matter more, no? Do you give out all of your info?

  •  wise_pancake   ( @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ) 
    21•7 months ago

    I don’t think you need to post your address like the old days, I would never notice nor care about such an omission.

    I do always look at job history, and I don’t out a lot of stock in the skills section because most of the time people lie or exaggerate there.

  •  0xtero   ( @0xtero@beehaw.org ) 
    6•7 months ago

    I’m a consultant so whenever I’m applying for a new gig I need to provide a consultant profile, which is very similar to resume.

    Over the years I’ve learned that most customers are not very interested in the “personal stuff” sections - they just want to know you have the skills required, so try to minimize the amount of personal data and concentrate on skills and past gigs (anonymizing customers/companies) etc.

    But - unfortunately you have to tell something about yourself and your ability to work together with others, there’s really no way around it. It’s also more and more customary that (for some reason) they want your photo. Stuff like education, certifications need to be there, but keep it very short. Think about “social media profile page”.

    Provide stuff like contact info, address, phone, date of birth (if required) and references separately - don’t put them into your resume. You can add something like “Personal information and references provided separately by request” in there, that way, even if the document is shared, all they get is something resembling a LinkedIn profile.

    You can also try to add “confidential” to the document header, but I’ve noticed it’s not respected very often.

    •  catloaf   ( @catloaf@lemm.ee ) English
      5•7 months ago

      Never include a photo in the US. Most companies will immediately discard anything with a photo due to the risk that it can bias the evaluator, intentionally or unintentionally, in terms of race, sex, or age.

  •  rutrum   ( @rutrum@lm.paradisus.day ) English
    5•7 months ago

    Most people don’t validate anything on a resume, depends on industry. If you think its too personal, dont put it. Make it up. Dont put your phone number or address if you dont want to. Or lie. Most applications I applied for I put the address of the town center in the city I live in. They dont need to know my actual address until I talk with payroll.

    •  kevincox   ( @kevincox@lemmy.ml ) 
      1•7 months ago

      I wouldn’t say just omit it. If you don’t include a phone number or address they are most likely to ask, rather than skip you over or something. Especially if you applied via some sort of managed recruiting system that most companies use as all responses will automatically go to your email.

  •  lud   ( @lud@lemm.ee ) 
    4•7 months ago

    Luckily I don’t need to think too much about that anyways.

    In my country lots of personal information is public information. If anyone knows my name they could very easily find my exact address and the names of everyone that lives at my address and their phone numbers, what me and they earn, and so on.

    I’m only referring to information I consider to be “private” like phone numbers, names, addresses. Job history and such is not that private.

  •  kevincox   ( @kevincox@lemmy.ml ) 
    3•7 months ago

    My resume is here: https://kevincox.ca/resume/

    I do have a flag to build it with personal information included, but that is just my phone number, and honestly I don’t even remember the last time I did that. I basically “print” the public version to PDF and share.

    Just about all of the information on the resume could be found elsewhere online. None of it is stuff that I consider private.

  •  edric   ( @scytale@lemm.ee ) 
    3•7 months ago

    You don’t need to give away very specific personal information on your resume. It just needs to list your work experience, skills, and certifications. That’s it. You don’t even need to put your education if you’re not a fresh graduate. The most personal info you’ll need to include is your name and maybe your general area of residence (i.e. city and state).

  •  ramble81   ( @ramble81@lemm.ee ) 
    2•7 months ago

    For starters, don’t use é anytime you say resume. It may be correct but it gives the impression that you’re pretentious. Resumes are all about a first impression and what you can do.