Personal choice to include address and referees

Protect yourself and referees

Should people include their residential addresses details on their resume?

I think they should but I have some reservations for women. You wouldn’t give your home address out to just anyone, would you? That’s a privacy and safety issue.

It’s ameliorated somewhat by the fact that 80 per cent of people who scan and short-list candidates are young female recruiters.

How they were given the job of gatekeeping applications is bizarre.

The other side is where a job is being advertised in Adelaide, they only really want Adelaide people to apply. They might not state that in the ad but it’s implicit in the selection process.

Personally, I think putting your address on the head of a resume is a bit old fashioned. But I also think, in a hyper competitive job market, if it gives me an edge due to localism, i.e., you know the local culture and idioms, I’d make sure I ticked all of the boxes.

Ultimately, it’s personal choice.

REFEREES

I tell line workers and people working in junior or mid-level hospitality to include their referee contact details. If you’re short-listed, it saves the recruiter calling you.

But hey, they’re going to call you anyway to say you’re short-listed.

Sometimes recruiters won’t ask for referee details until they have the final two or three candidates.

I tell executives not to include senior report contact details. They have been used by unscrupulous recruiters to pitch candidates too.

The senior report asks, ‘how did you get my number?’ It’s not a good look.

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