Address concerns on resume

I'm sorry to not provide an answer, but this exact topic has been discussed prior (specifically regarding 15 CPW). Try to search for it as there was a bunch of good stuff there.

If they ask just tell them you are sub-leasing at a great price from a friend or relative who is working outside the country. Most employers are not going to search your address on streeteasy.

Here, found it for you: http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/20600-is-15cpw-a-bad-resume-address

Yea, I remember that thread.. and just looked at it again, but it wasn't much help beyond the hypothetical of living at 15 CPW. I'm hoping someone has a practical sense of where employers are coming from when they see a good address in a good neighborhood with a (if nosy enough to look... are they??!) high floor apartment.

In the era where you are researched from facebook to google searches, a look up of your address and possibly how much you paid for it (not relevant in this case... estate transfer.. which is why i'm inquiring) is not completely out of the range of an HR/executive when making decisions. Of course a brief conversation might clear things up but you don't get that chance many times.

Thanks

I think that thought process is so highly influenced by each individual's mindset that you shouldn't worry about it. They might pay you more money because it's a sign of success. They might not call you in for an interview because you're out of their price range. They might like/disdain the likelihood that you're a kept man/girl, TFB, successful litigant, ex-fraudster. If you lived at a dreary address in western Queens, they might think you're a grey drip and not want you around, and that you might have health issues soon and miss a lot of work. Don't overthink these sorts of details.

Good luck with the job search, and focus on the core stuff.

Thanks Alan,

That makes a lot of sense and is certainly nerve soothing. I didn't look at it from that angle. Stability is important and nice coop address certainly is a sign of stability anyway. :)

a sure way to turn off a potential employer is to be found to have been deceptive--i would not risk that they do a cursory check on you at some point in the process, and find something fishy about your address--just the thing to cause them to move onto the next most qualified candidate

be honest generally, certainly with anything they can easily search

I absolutely agree with Wbottom, and will add that commonly used (paid) people-search tools flag addresses that are known to be mail-receiving places, hotels, etc.

And in conversation, you can always say you live on top of Best Buy.

[just kidding!]

don't overthink, why can't you put Mary or John Jones, New York, NY at the top with your email and cell # below?

Gobri, I think that horse is already out of that barn. Unless you have a really hard-to-Google name like "Smith" or "Lee" -- most employers are going to spend enough time checking you out on the computer that basic data like that is going to come up.

I agree with alanhart that the reax is going to be very, very individual.

Also, FYI, you might enjoy the Jeff Rosen piece on Internet privacy that ran in the NYT mag recently if you haven't already seen it.

ali r.
DG Neary Realty

romary, I don't know if you're simply joking, but I agree if you're questioning the need for an address at all ... until HR intake stuff, nothing (I assume) is done my mail anymore. Address on a resume seems like a legacy vestige, cluttering up the page and (here in the US, where 1-page max is still considered correct) bumping off more germaine info.

I had a relative who was investigated at a Wall Street firm when the boss noticed them living in the building, which was a very expensive one. It worked out, but it was not pleasant.

Most of the comments are very good. I worked for a company that employed about 50 persons and I was there for over 30 years. I looked at many resumes over that period of time. My thoughts, never use a post office box since it may give the impression that you move around or do not have a permanent address. I never cared if someone lived in the top places or at the other end of the spectrum. I looked at the person and their background. If I felt that they could do the job for that they were being hired, I hired them.

Funny, I would never even think to put my address at the top of a resume- I suppose I'm outing myself as a member of the internet generation. Question- are you mailing these resumes? Because if this is being done via the web or email, I don't see why just the city, your cell phone and your email address wouldn't suffice. And even if you do put the address- it could be worse- I looked at a resume a while back where the applicant's email address began crazygrl69...

Unless you run into a real butthead, the address itself will not be an issue. What may be problematic is if you used to have a higher paid and higher-level position than the one for which your are applying. I am involved in hiring process as a profession and one of the big obstacles to candidates getting jobs is if they are applying for a position from which they were promoted a few years earlier. In such cases there is strong suspicion that they'll leave as soon as the economy improves. If this is not the case with you then do not worry.

I am the HR Director for my compaany and do all of the interviewing for our offices. My advice is complete transparency. If people dont put an address on their resume it makes me wonder what they're hiding. If they leave off an apt number it makes me think they made a mistake. I cant see that a good address is going to hurt your chances. If I saw that and it was for a more humble job, I might think--hhhmmm good guy comes from a wealthy background and is doing this because he really likes it. In the end it probably wont make much of a difference at all. If you put a shady P.O. Box or a fake address--now that would be a problem. Good luck, if you're qualified you should get the job even if you live in the penthouse at the Time Warner Center!

Do you really think that HR is smart enough to know which address is prime and which is not?

Much appreciated everyone. Great advice.