Photo: 9dream studio (Shutterstock) Photo: 9dream studio (Shutterstock)Most every resume template includes a spot for your home address, but do you really need to include it? Because of these concerns, the current prevailing wisdom on the matter is to omit your mailing address whenever you can, as career site after career site offers expert knowledge insisting your address is superfluous. However, it turns out there are reasons including your address is important, and they pop up more often than you might think. Why to omit your addressFirst, however, let’s consider the typical justifications for not including your address. As Dan Schawbel, managing partner of the HR consultancy Workplace Intelligence, tells Lifehacker, including mailing addresses is still helpful for companies, especially in this new era of remote work.

Source: The Nation April 29, 2021 20:37 UTC