The correct way to put down your name and contact details:
Name:
- Your full name .You must give your first name, middle name if any and last name.
- The name you have on your resume is the same as on your bank account or in your passport.
- If your name has initials in the beginning or the end, don’t ignore them.
- Remember, there may be others with the same first name as yours or the same last name.
- Give the correct address with House Number, Street name, City and Zip code or Pin Code.
- If you have just moved into a new address, check the correct address before you put it on your résumé.
- If you are living with someone or moving from place to place, give the address of a family member or friend who can collect and deliver mail to you.
- Check with the person if he/she is ok with receiving mail on your behalf.
- It is not a good idea to receive personal employment related mail at your office address.
- Give both your landline number and mobile number.
- Landline: Before your actual phone number, put down your country code and area code numbers with a + sign in the beginning. This information will help international callers to identify the country and area you belong to:
+61 2 62222222
+1 212 5200000
+44 121 41431322
- For mobile numbers, add + and country code before the actual number.
- If the phone number belongs to another person or if there is another person who is sharing the use of the phone number on your resume, inform him/or her about it. She/he should be able to give and take messages on your behalf.
- If you are not going to be available at the particular phone number between some hours, mention it on your resume…”Call between 8 and 10 PM”, ”Call after “6 PM”.
- It is not a good idea to give the number of your workplace.
E-Mail id:
- It is absolutely important to have an e-mail id. There are many free e-mail providers available. So setting up an e-mail id is easy.
- Choose a good id that is professional. It can have parts of your name or initials or numbers. Avoid names like Scorchingfire@yahoo.com or squeakytablet@rediffmail.co etc.
- If you already have an e-mail id for your friend that sounds unprofessional, get a new one.
