Contact Information

Your contact information is more than how to get in touch with you, it is your very first impression that you present to a potential employer.

You should include your name, address (with zip code), and your phone number. If you are concerned about identity theft you may wish to only include your city and state as your address. You should put only one phone number on your resume. Which one? The one you will answer the most! Most likely this will be a cell phone. You do not want to miss that all important call when it arrives.

You also need to have an email address on your resume. The best choice here is to have something with your name in it like JohnSmith@gmail.com. You should avoid unusual emails like HotDude@dudesRus.net. You can see how this email address may turn off a potential employer. Your name is the safest bet for an email address.

You should avoid using abbreviations that the reader of your resume will not understand and it is important that once you send out a resume with this information that you check your voice mail and email often. A delay in a response could result in a loss of an opportunity.

Remember that this is your first impression. Make it a good one.

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