Resume-Writing Trends for 2010: Limit Contact Info to Avoid Identity Theft

January 6th, 2010 admin

Among the 2010 resume-writing trends offered by Resume and Career Marketing Communications Expert Louise Kursmark of the Career Thought Leaders Consortium is this new advice: Personal Contact Information is Limited An inflexible rule for resumes for the past several decades was to list your home address and multiple means of contact—email address, home phone, cell phone, pager, fax number, and any other information that would help people contact you. That trend is shifting, for two reasons: the prevalence of online …


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