Is it necessary to have one's physical address on the resume (eg. 123 Main Street) if we already have phone number (which provides approximate location via area code) and email as well.
Submitted by Gary Slinger on Sunday March 30th, 2014 10:33 am
Telephone area codes really don't say anything any more - folks get a mobile "at home" or "at college", and keep that number as they move around - the death of long distance calling fees and all that.
I'd want to see a physical address - do you live in the area I'm recruiting in, or are you going to be relocating, etc.?
Submitted by Tom Sweet on Monday March 31st, 2014 9:27 am
Microsoft's HR dept. will strip your address from your resume when it is sent around internally. They don't want someone's address to bias the interviewers.
Submitted by Sam Gamble on Sunday April 6th, 2014 9:19 am
The reason I bring up this question is that (1) I am getting my own resume in order and (2) I just hired for a position. The addresses were on the resume and I actually googled where they lived. The reason is that I want to see how long their commute is going to be. All other things being equal (they never are), I don't want to hire someone who has a really long commute to the office. And, I can't dispute the fact that I'm a little nosey too!
Thanks for the responses.
Submitted by Vince Lyons on Tuesday April 8th, 2014 11:38 am
I usually hire temp-to-perm, so all of my candidates come through an agency. All of the contact info for the employee is stripped out and replaced with a banner for the agency with their contact info. I assume that is to protect the agencies from having their candidates poached.
That being said, I would be concerned if I got a resume for a direct position that did not have full and complete contact info. I would be wondering if the employee did not know how to do a resume or had poor attention to detail.
My thinking may need to change in this regard as resumes and how we source new candidates continues to evolve.
Submitted by George Ehrhorn on Thursday April 10th, 2014 11:04 am
I wouldn't use this as an evaluation. Maybe they want to move. Maybe they like to drive. Maybe their kid's daycare is near your office. There's a ton you don't know and this, IMO, is a poor way to exclude otherwise qualified candidates.
When I see a resume without an address I'm assuming that the person is remote and would need to be flown in for the interview and relocated. That's going to come up anyway, so may as well get it out there. I just hired for a position and I got resumes without a resume and without a phone number. (Making it hard for me to get in contact with you is a poor strategy.)
Ported phone numbers...?
Telephone area codes really don't say anything any more - folks get a mobile "at home" or "at college", and keep that number as they move around - the death of long distance calling fees and all that.
I'd want to see a physical address - do you live in the area I'm recruiting in, or are you going to be relocating, etc.?
Microsoft's HR dept. will
Microsoft's HR dept. will strip your address from your resume when it is sent around internally. They don't want someone's address to bias the interviewers.
The reason I bring up this
The reason I bring up this question is that (1) I am getting my own resume in order and (2) I just hired for a position. The addresses were on the resume and I actually googled where they lived. The reason is that I want to see how long their commute is going to be. All other things being equal (they never are), I don't want to hire someone who has a really long commute to the office. And, I can't dispute the fact that I'm a little nosey too!
Thanks for the responses.
Never thought about it.
I usually hire temp-to-perm, so all of my candidates come through an agency. All of the contact info for the employee is stripped out and replaced with a banner for the agency with their contact info. I assume that is to protect the agencies from having their candidates poached.
That being said, I would be concerned if I got a resume for a direct position that did not have full and complete contact info. I would be wondering if the employee did not know how to do a resume or had poor attention to detail.
My thinking may need to change in this regard as resumes and how we source new candidates continues to evolve.
I wouldn't use this as an
I wouldn't use this as an evaluation. Maybe they want to move. Maybe they like to drive. Maybe their kid's daycare is near your office. There's a ton you don't know and this, IMO, is a poor way to exclude otherwise qualified candidates.
When I see a resume without an address I'm assuming that the person is remote and would need to be flown in for the interview and relocated. That's going to come up anyway, so may as well get it out there. I just hired for a position and I got resumes without a resume and without a phone number. (Making it hard for me to get in contact with you is a poor strategy.)