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Not listing employer names on a resume
Lail
Surrey, B.C.Registered User regular
Surrey, B.C.Registered User regular
Hi all,
I'm re-doing my resume as I begin to start job hunting, and I'm wondering how potential employers/HR managers would feel about seeing a resume that doesn't list employer names - just job title and industry. The owner of the business I currently work at is VERY connected in this town, and I worry that if my resume had my employers name on it, it could somehow get back to him that I am looking for another job.
In case it's relevant, I am a financial controller looking for a similar controller/CFO/accounting manager role.
Its been a while since I posted here, I'm hoping those HR folk are still around from before...
Thanks!
I'm re-doing my resume as I begin to start job hunting, and I'm wondering how potential employers/HR managers would feel about seeing a resume that doesn't list employer names - just job title and industry. The owner of the business I currently work at is VERY connected in this town, and I worry that if my resume had my employers name on it, it could somehow get back to him that I am looking for another job.
In case it's relevant, I am a financial controller looking for a similar controller/CFO/accounting manager role.
Its been a while since I posted here, I'm hoping those HR folk are still around from before...
Thanks!
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Typically on application forms or during preliminary interviews they will ask if it's okay to contact your current employer. I don't know if that works for a CFO position though.
Edit: I always say that they're free to contact my employer after they make an offer.
Even things that may sound useless to you could push your resume higher up the stack in some small way
Everywhere I have worked, interviewing people for a job isn’t a big enough deal that the interviewers have openly discussed/gossiped about the people they’ve interviewed. And many of the people doing the interviews are going to hopefully be experienced professionals enough that they know not to do that anyway, especially for CFO-level positions. They should really only be talking directly to any references on your resume.
So I agree with Enc; I wouldn’t leave off your company’s name.
It doesn't have to be a small town, just a small industry within that area.
When I worked in high-end travel, for a luxury tour operator, there were only 2 other similar employers if you wanted to do the same kind of work at that same level and both workplaces were riddled with people who had worked at the company I worked for. It was pretty much impossible for someone at any of the three to interview at either of the other two companies without their employer finding out, unless you were working with a very tight-lipped hiring manager and could possibly finagle an after-hours interview when their office would be empty. Even that would be dubious given how often people would work late so they could communicate directly with partners in other time zones. Realistic chances of that were extremely low. And this was in Chicago, not Smalltown, USA.
That said, I wouldn't leave company names off of a resume - when I'm hiring I would go past that resume immediately. If the situation is really that fraught you could *maybe* consider leaving off only the name of your current employer and replacing it with something like "Provided upon request, discretion requested." I wouldn't love seeing that either when scanning resumes, but it would be a bit more understandable.
like, if the people reviewing your application are inclined to circulate your details in that way then it's going to happen either way, because it's not like your current position won't come up in the interview
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