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How To Protect Your Resume From Identity Thieves

December 27, 2010 8 Comments

Someone responded to one of my videos with a statement and question. Here it is…

“Great tips Jim. Just one concern I have about posting a resume online for free viewing- Security, how can you keep your personal information safe from identy thieves? – Clara”

I gave a few thoughts from the top of my head and then I thought, why not add them to the blog too? So, I’m doing that now. This was my response.

Clara,

My 2 cents of advice…

1. Go to Google.com/voice and get a free phone number. Use that for your phone number.
2. Set up a separate email that redirects to your regular email.
3. List the city and state you are in, but not your home address.
4. Instead of listing your current job, cite it as “Major Telecom Company” instead of MCI (as an example).

Happy Hunting!

Jim Stroud

P.S.  Hmm… I think I will do a video on this topic and go a bit deeper. THANK YOU for your question.

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8 Responses to “How To Protect Your Resume From Identity Thieves”

  1. Sarah Says Reply December 27, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    Identity theft has become such a huge problem, and one that I’ve unfortunately dealt with personally. Never even thought about how someone’s online resume could make them vulnerable, great suggestions!

  2. Jim Stroud Reply December 28, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    Sarah,

    Thanks! I appreciate your comments.

    Jim
    Jim Stroud recently posted..The Hidden Job Report for December 20- 2010

  3. Pat Reply December 28, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    I went into Google.com/voice. What a great idea. Never heard of it before. Glad to learn all this just by reading your blog.

  4. Jim Stroud Reply December 29, 2010 at 1:43 am

    Pat,

    Sharing is caring. (Smile)

    Jim
    Jim Stroud recently posted..The Hidden Job Report for December 20- 2010

  5. Jason Barnes Reply December 29, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    All 4 of your suggestions never even crossed my mind….good information!

  6. Hunt the job Reply January 5, 2011 at 3:32 am

    thanks for sharing and thanks clara for asking. the google voice suggestion is great, never knew about this. Thanks again for sharing.
    Hunt the job recently posted..Ways to Write Customer Service Resume Objectives

  7. Larry Reply February 14, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    On job applications do not put your social security number of drivers license number. Those are two items valued by identity thieves.
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