Recently a previous coworker asked an interesting question which I felt had a single answer yet the responses she was provided completely contradicted my own feelings on this topic.
If someone was applying for a job similar to yours and requested a copy of your resume – would you share it with them?
My immediate reply was, “My resume is no state secret; in fact, it looks very similar to my LinkedIn profile. I would just let them see it. *shrug*,” yet the majority of others responding said exactly the opposite, much to my surprise:
No way jose.
Would you give them the keys to your house if they asked you? Because they are looking at a house just like yours.
I did this once, and their resume ended up being almost an exact copy of mine. I felt like they stole intellectual property from me. I agree, maybe assist but don’t share entirely if you don’t feel comfortable
What do you think about this one? Do you consider your resume your intellectual property? Do you have any problems sharing it with others? Whatever you have to say about this one go ahead and vote on the sidebar and then comment on below.
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September 16th, 2012 at 7:30 am
My resume is available online to the public in Word, PDF, and HTML. It’s pretty much exactly the same as my public LinkedIn profile. Expecting any measure of privacy with it would be ridiculous.
A resume may help land you land interview but that’s all it’s going to do.
September 16th, 2012 at 8:04 am
Share – and wish them the best of luck in finding a great job.
September 16th, 2012 at 8:12 am
if my resume is available online, then my co applicant can fish it out for on his own. i’m not going to volunteer anything.
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September 16th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Mine too is pretty much just like my LinkedIn profile, so yeah, I wouldn’t care. It’s not like someone would discover some secret magical resume technique from it.
September 16th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
My guess is the folks that say no have an over inflated valuation of their writing skills. I too have an over inflated valuation of my writing skills, and thus am willing to share, so that I can have someone tell me how great my resume looks. So perhaps some narcissism there.
In a life previous this current one I worked on and around HR systems for about 8 years. During that time, I came to understand that having a resume that stands out generally means having a resume that has all the right terms for the resume scanner to pick up and place into the hit list for the department. At least if applying at a larger corporation. Smaller places, make the resume targeted and short.
When I started out, my resume was 3/4 of a page and most of it was references and summary. These days, If I were to do a chronological resume with all my experience, it would take up 5 to 6 pages. So I don’t do that. I limit my resume to 1.5 to 2 pages drawing from my experience and filling in the targets from there with detailed employment history limited to only the last 5 to 8 years. (at least two different positions) I get hit for gaps with that strategy, but that starts a discussion point (I don’t really have gaps) and allows me to be promoting my self further but they asked the question.
All that said. Other than my most recent job, which is a industry shift for me, my prior positions were all through either people I know, people I worked with, or people who know people I know…i.e. networking. So while having a resume is important, doing good work, having people you know recognize that as well mentioning that to others in the same line of work.
September 16th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
I probably wouldn’t share mine, but I’m kind of a selfish ass.