Resumes & Contact Information
What information should you include on a resume?
- Your contact information is very important. It should be clearly writing no abbreviations should be used. It should be easily to read. The person reading your resume should not have to look hard to be able to contact you.
- Physical Address - You should include a permanent address on your resume. If you are living in a dorm or some other short term residence, then it good idea to include your temporary address, along with the date until you can be contacted.
- Phone Numbers - It is really important that you include a home phone number, and a mobile phone number each phone should have an automatic answering machine with a professional message. The messages should checked on a regularly. You shouldn't include your work phone number.
- E-mail address - When you chose an e-mail address it is important it that it sounds professional, and that you check your e-mail frequently. Don't use your e-mail from work.
- Here is an example of a name and address section for a university student.
| Campus Address 890 North GreenRoad Boston , MA 54781 (613) 535-4455 E-Mail: MaryG@yahoo.com | | Permanent
Address 555 S. Willy Wonka Ave. West Lafayette, IN 47906 (765) 555-6666 |
Quote:
"I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing." --Thomas Edison
