Reply to: A couple of newbie CV questions

[quackhandle]

I specify in my CV whereabouts I'm looking for gigs (e.g. East Anglia/London).

Not that that stops me getting specs for roles in Dublin.

Yep CWOT specifying your location, what you have to realise is all pimps do is skim read and their own in house database/software will have picked your cv out depending on if you have the correct "buzzwords" on it.

qh

[SpontaneousOrder]

I specify in my CV whereabouts I'm looking for gigs (e.g. East Anglia/London).

Not that that stops me getting specs for roles in Dublin.

[Bellona]

I wouldn't trust anybody who is not confident with making their postal address known, especially if they have an ltd.

I've used postal redirection services in the past. There are some nice Regent Street W1B addresses out there for less than £10 a month

So you think it is important information, so much so that you would bin a cv without it, but you yourself acknowledge the use of, and have yourself used, a false (postal redirection) address, so what value is it adding ??

In addition, as a Ltd., my company postal address is that of my accountant, so of no value in determining my actual location vis a vis locality.

[vwdan]

Well, okay - that was all a little bit more controversial than I anticipated. I quite like the idea of chucking it in small print in the footer - easy enough for an agent to strip should they wish, but it's there for anyone curious and doesn't impact on content space.

NLUK - I take your point on "How does it help", but they are human when all said and done. To me, lack of information breeds conjecture, but I could be very wrong.

[Brussels Slumdog]

header and Footer

I put my name and Tittle in the Header and my contact details in the footer.If the job description requires a local candidate only you could just change the footer to a local address.How I get to work is my problem.

[cojak]

Enough of dissing Petergrffin please.

His posts should stand alone in all their glory.

(And we should all be grateful for the way he sifts his CVs...)

[DirtyDog]

1) Should I include my address?

If you miss it off, the only impact that I can see is that you won't have the opportunity to work with petergriffin.

Whether that is a downside or not I'll leave up to you

[northernladuk]

Exactly what use is your address to a pimp that doesn't send letters and is just after getting the best contractor in front of his client?

[kal]

Ah..... so you threw out cv's because it is not good manners, well done.

And yes, company check, true for ltd people, but not for permies.

+1 Manners is a 2 way street, I prefer to judge people on a more substantial basis than the simpleton approach of 'no address on their CV = straight in the bin', i.e. A radical idea being does it look like they have the skills to do the job?, says more about you than the applicant if you don't.

[jmo21]

I am not sure if I should take you seriously. Data privacy is irrelevant if your ltd is in company check. Unless you're a cowboy builder and have something to hide...

Bimbo is not a sexist term and is not referred to a woman. I have been called bimbo many times despite being in advanced stage of decomposition.

In my case it has got nothing to do with how far you live from the client, it's more to do with good manners, something which is in short supply on this board more often than not.

Ah..... so you threw out cv's because it is not good manners, well done.

And yes, company check, true for ltd people, but not for permies.

[petergriffin]

Data privacy is the main thing these days(name/address combo)

I am not sure if I should take you seriously. Data privacy is irrelevant if your ltd is in company check. Unless you're a cowboy builder and have something to hide...

ignoring your old fashioned sexist bimbo comment, you think she is sending postal responses?

Bimbo is not a sexist term and is not referred to a woman. I have been called bimbo many times despite being in advanced stage of decomposition.

If someone has applied for the job, they know where the company is located and are happy with that location.

Who are you to discount them because of their lack of address?

In my case it has got nothing to do with how far you live from the client, it's more to do with good manners, something which is in short supply on this board more often than not.

[jmo21]

Your Cv is going to be scrutinized by some bimbo half your age and 1/10 of your working experience. Why make their life difficult by not writing your postal address?

What have you got to worry about? I can understand age, marital status, religious confession, gender, sexual orientation (I've seen this on Dutch/Belgian application forms) because this data could lend to discrimination, but a postal address?

I've used postal redirection services in the past. There are some nice Regent Street W1B addresses out there for less than £10 a month and chances are the agency uses the same service.

Data privacy is the main thing these days(name/address combo), ignoring your old fashioned sexist bimbo comment, you think she is sending postal responses?

If someone has applied for the job, they know where the company is located and are happy with that location.

Who are you to discount them because of their lack of address?

[stek]

Your Cv is going to be scrutinized by some bimbo half your age and 1/10 of your working experience. Why make their life difficult by not writing your postal address?

What have you got to worry about? I can understand age, marital status, religious confession, gender, sexual orientation (I've seen this on Dutch/Belgian application forms) because this data could lend to discrimination, but a postal address?

I've used postal redirection services in the past. There are some nice Regent Street W1B addresses out there for less than £10 a month and chances are the agency uses the same service.

Really, WTF are you on about?

[jmo21]

If there ever was a chance that this could be remotely acceptable in permieland, it makes no sense at all in contracting or freelancing.

Even this is backwards. If anything, yes, maybe it is still important for permie roles (i was talking more aboutcontracting) as it is a bigger decision for a permie if they were to need to move for the role, or for the company if paying a relocation bonus.

[petergriffin]

It matters not, surely the contractor knows and by dint of applying also knows by said dint he can service the gig irrespective of location.

Unless, as I suspect, you are looking for an employee.

Next, please....

Your Cv is going to be scrutinized by some bimbo half your age and 1/10 of your working experience. Why make their life difficult by not writing your postal address?

What have you got to worry about? I can understand age, marital status, religious confession, gender, sexual orientation (I've seen this on Dutch/Belgian application forms) because this data could lend to discrimination, but a postal address?

I've used postal redirection services in the past. There are some nice Regent Street W1B addresses out there for less than £10 a month and chances are the agency uses the same service.