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Subject:Re: Resumes and credit card fraud From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:52:50 -0700
John Fleming wrote:
> Even before identity theft became an issue, anything I ever read on
writing
> a resume suggested not putting things like a social security number
(social
> insurance number in Canada) or a birthdate on a resume.
>
> Generally, that is information an employer will only need when they
actually
> extend an offer of employment. No need to provide it before then.
In fact, I believe employers in the US may not legally ask your age. And
those of us in our forty-teens aren't likely to want to volunteer it. ;-)
Richard
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Richard G. Combs
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Voyant, a division of Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
richardDOTcombs AT voyanttechDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT freeDASHmarketDOTnet
303-777-0436
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