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One of my clients handed me her resume to revise the other
day. Now, I've written and revised at least a thousand resumes
(probably more, but I lost track after a doing them for so long), but I had
never seen one that listed so many contact methods. She had the
"normal" contact methods, of course, such as mailing address,
phone and email.
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She took it a step or twelve further,
though. She listed her cell, her teenage daughter's cell, her
husband's cell and work number, her beeper, her husband's beeper, as well
as her husband's email address (both work and home).
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To her credit, though, she did leave off telegraph,
fax, smoke signals and telepathy.
Besides confusing the heck out of employers, this smacks of
desperation. Just as dogs can smell fear, so too can employers smell
desperation. And employers are quite similar to potential dating partners - who wants to hire - or date - someone
who's wwwwwaaaaayyyyy too available?
IN THE CARAVAN: Keep it simple. On your resume, list your
name, snail mail, email, and either your regular phone OR your cell number.
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The Lion’s Pride: Resumes
