Being a Resume Writer and trainer , I often come across interesting personalities and profiles. In my recruitment career, I have seen elaborated resumes decorated with lot of personal information which is hardly required for company recruiters/HR managers to know. Or further during the interviews, many unwanted issues are spoken about.
Secondly, we are living in the era of digital data thefts and
one never knows why and how your contact information reaches to hundreds of
customer care executives for unwanted credit cards and "free" gifts!
Stop putting your residence
address in resume (or at least on the first page of your resume). People
are in habit of writing their detailed residence address with so much care that
if a recruiter wishes to actually physically visit that person's residence,
he/she would find it easily !!! For example: Flat number
...Opposite...Landmark, Galli number, etc. At the time of interviews,
most of the companies make you fill up the application form with such details
for background verification. Hence, your resume does not need to have your
postal address. Your mobile number and email address are the essential parts to
be mentioned.
Marital Status: Not
needed to mention till you are specifically asked about it
Extra Curricular
Activities: Keep them limited and interesting
enough to help you demonstrate your management skills such as being
captain of sports team or winning awards at regional/national or international
levels. Your long list of school level achievements may lose the interest
of the reader.
Reason for leaving: During
your interview and especially talking about the classic "reason for
leaving the ex-organisation", please do not badmouth about your
boss/colleagues/management or work environment.
Positive and concise profile creates a good impression :) Wish
you a Splendid Image !
The Author,Neha Ratnakar is Professional Resume Writer, Corporate
Trainer and Image Consultant; with 8+ years exp into Recruitment Field working
in multi-cultural business environments.
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