blossom - my 25 yr old future DIL said no need to write a physical home address on a resume any more; just an email and cell number. (or at least thats what she has learned and heard, coming to a working age in the age of covid).
thoughts?? is that physical address necessary?
It’s not on either of my kids - mainly for space.
they complain though that they have to type it in the profile - as it doesn’t autopopulate since it’s not there.
Yes, home address on the resume isn’t all that common anymore. A) for privacy reasons B) to avoid any (un)conscious biases from the employer based on the address.
It’s more common to put something generic like “NYC Metro Area” if you want to indicate that you’re a local candidate.
It’s interesting - that all the profiles ask - and my kids have to put it in.
The job my daughter has this summer - she listed a Nashville address but the job saw College of Charleston and first thing they asked is - do you live in South Carolina?
Now she is doing the Washington Program in the fall - and she said a lot of jobs ask - are you able to relocate or commute to Washington, D.C. to meet the in-person demand of the jobs. I’m sure they’re used to people coming in for a semester - but they’ll see a TN address.
She has that she’ll be in the program and available for full-time work in her cover letter but are they read?
She’s got two interviews and a writing test - so her efforts are finally starting to pay off (hopefully). Of course, two of them are no pay.
But both my kids didn’t put their address for a different reason - which is they just had no space.
I’d like to get the community’s thoughts on another resume related question…
I don’t personally review internship resumes anymore so I’m out of touch, but I went through a few this year when discussing incoming interns with someone in my organization. I noticed several applicants had listed their high school under the “Education” section, which I think is unnecessary if you’re already in college.
Do you as hiring managers or interviewers care to know about an applicant’s high school? I noticed some said things like “top ranked high school in my region”, etc., which honestly feels a little braggy. If they already attend a good college I don’t really care how great their high school was.
I think my son had his HS on his resume as a one liner. And maybe another line of leadership stuff when applying for internships in freshman year.
He also had some software development experience and related projects from that time – these slowly fell off with time.
One of the high school projects was instrumental in getting him a freshman internship at a startup.
The high school is also on his linkedin page, which itself may be going away soon.
I agree with you that the HS is meaningless once the student is in college.
D got the HS stuff off her resume as quickly as possible but as a college freshman, she had a couple of relevant things from HS on there because she didn’t have enough college experiences.
Thanks @neela1 and @momofboiler1. Yes, I guess it makes sense in some cases for freshman (rising sophomore) applicants. But I think once you’re a rising junior or rising senior, you shouldn’t be talking about high school achievements anymore.
At many of the companies I worked at, you had a huge advantage in the hiring process if someone currently employed knows you or advocates for you.
It’s “safer” because someone who is trusted at the company can vouch for your work without relying just on a couple of interviews. From that perspective, networking is still very important.
Also, many external candidates dont realize they may be competing against an internal candidate who has influential advocates within the company. While it’s not a slam dunk, the internal candidate has such an advantage, it’s sometimes very difficult to overcome.
Most kids would have high school on their linkedin page well past their college graduation, even if it’s just a mention. I’ve seen a lot of linkedin pages. I’ve seen some HS GPAs, and certainly a lot of extra curricular interests like dance etc. That’s who they are.
Some people note national recognition – e.g. Regeneron award, or IMO or things of that kind. The IMO level stuff will go a long way. Even for PhD admissions on the margin. IMO kids are supposed to be more productive in research than non IMO kids, other things equal – someone did a study.
Some of these things get you called for interviews, depending on the industry – e.g. for quant finance. My son suspects that your high school may matter on the margin for getting interview calls for some of these companies. Because he noted that large bunches of kids were from particular high schools in one particular internship cohort – e.g. 5 kids from TJ out of a 100 last summer at his internship. Three-Four from his own HS. Some from Harker on the west coast etc.
I would suspect if a kid is from TJ or Stuy, he/she will mention it, and may get some benefit out of it if he is a val or something like that.
For our S, his high school was listed on resumes in freshman and sophomore years.
I have twice gotten jobs for which I was not qualified for. In one case my boss, told me that given where I’d gotten my degrees he figured I’d be a quick learner for what was a summer job. In the other case I didn’t get the job that was advertised, but I was perfect for something that was in the works (this was in Germany) where they needed someone who spoke English to do a collaborative project.
My daughter works at a fairly large company. She has hired quite a bit in the last two years. HR passes her the resumes and she reviews them carefully, to select who to have interviewed. The first interview is done by the HR recruiter - they ask about relocation (jobs require on site), immigration status (if company needs to sponsor), and just a general does the person seem OK.
I live in an area that it is very common for adults to ask each other where they went to High School when they first meet. If you went to High School in the area (especially some of the private schools) it would be advantageous to have your HS on your resume.
Baltimore area?
Seems that, at least for college graduates, name of high school is mostly signaling of demographic or ancestral characteristics more than anything else. So the name of high school on the resume can be a roundabout way for employers to practice illegal discrimination without explicitly practicing illegal discrimination.
Many do that. That’s why people leave the year of their college graduation off their resume etc.
My company - European - when a European interviews some flat out ask people their age, I’m sure to HR’s horror.
And when a new exec introduces themselves, the first bullet on the slide says - I have xxx years. Meaning age.
The second is typically the favorite soccer team.
It’s easy to age discriminate without doing so. Just find a visual, even if in person.
Interesting my company hires 50+ and we have people here 70+.
My last company, Japanese, started managing people out at 55 as I’m sure others do as well.
My son only applied to his first post grad job (on campus recruitment), all others he was either recommended through word of mouth or by professional recruiters when he wasn’t actively seeking another job.
In Baltimore, when someone asks “Where did you go to school?” they mean high school 9 times out of 10.
Of the 9 supreme court justices, I know where 3 went to high school (two to Georgetown Prep).
This in the news today on this topic