Information You Should Share With Your Potential Employee: How to be Selective on Your Resume

Depending upon the country where you work and live, there is vital information that you should share with a potential employer. 

Some of it may be included in your resume namely basic, compulsory information that may influence your potential employer with respect to hiring you. There may also be non-compulsory information that you wish to share with your potential employer for different reasons.

The businessdictionary.com suggests that word information refers to “data that is accurate and timely, specific and organized for a purpose, presented within a context that gives it meaning and relevance, and can lead to an increase in understanding and a decrease in uncertainty.”

Employers often interview numerous candidates for employment, so appropriate organization of pertinent data on your resume will enable a potential employer to assess it quickly and accurately.

Your resume should include your name, address, social insurance or social security number, telephone or other contact information, as well as your academic background, skills or training and experience relative to possible employment. It should also include your recent employment record or history of employment, accomplishments or achievements, etc. Your employer may request your driver’s license number, if it is essential for employment.  

Why are you changing your job?

You may feel that this kind of information is personal or sensitive data, but your integrity and honesty with respect to disclosure to your employer may be important in respect to obtaining employment. Personal sensitive data may also include financial information, for example, contributions to retirement savings plans or legal support payments.

Other potentially embarrassing, personal information may include data like a marital breakup, a previous accident or injury, prison records or garnishment of wages.

While you may not be comfortable with total self-disclosure, there is always the possibility that if you are hired, your employer will find out later. It is generally better that he or she learns this kind of information from you directly rather than from someone else, so honesty is the best policy.

Note that most employers are more interested in finding highly motivated and qualified individuals than ferreting out personal information.

Are you qualified for the job?

This question is one you should be able to answer. Even when you are uncertain about how well you are qualified, if you are willing to try your best regardless of your circumstances, that is what really matters to a potential employer.

Do you need upgrading?

The need for upgrading may be immediately apparent. If you are serious about obtaining employment, a potential employer may still hire you, as well as assist you to obtain the additional training or skills that you may require. Remember that it is your qualifications and the information that you share with a potential employer that will lead to employment.