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Resume dilemmas

January 10th, 2010 at 07:14 pm

There is one part of my resume that always trips me up and I KNOW a future employer will ask...

"How do you live and go to school on East Coast but your place of employment is on the West Coast?"

And if I state that I've been telecommuting 100% of the time for the past 5 years, does that make my job any less legitimate? How do employers look at that sort of work?

Our CFO has offered for me to use him as a reference, and I know my prior supervisor would be a good one too. Which I'm sure is another red flag, my CFO is on the West Coast but my prior supervisor is on the East Coast.

So how do you explain this in a resume? Do you omit that?

I could see the resume being tossed out completely if it doesn't have locations. So I'm not entirely sure how to navigate this.

But I like how our HR person words the company description in the latest job posting she listed:

__________ helps people improve their lives by connecting them with expert advice. Founded eight years ago, we manage four brands with over 30 products that help men and women become more successful in their relationships. We are the dominant provider of relationship self-help advice, as well as have other products in categories that include entrepreneur and business coaching. Our entire team works from home (we have no physical office) and we have about 70 people in 28 different states in the U.S.

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6 Responses to “Resume dilemmas”

  1. crazyliblady Says:
    January 10th, 2010 at 07:23 pm 1263151429
    1263151429

    On your resume, you could state this briefly so as to answer any lingering questions. One way you could make it work for you, though, is you could emphasize is that because you are a telecommuter, you are 1) a self-starter, 2) quick learner, etc. Whatever applies to your situation. Also, I think the CFO and supervisor would be good references assuming he/she knows you and your work very well. Good luck on the job hunt. We have all been there and are pulling for you.

  2. homebody Says:
    January 10th, 2010 at 07:55 pm 1263153342
    1263153342

    As a medical transcriptionist, telecommuniting is very common. It is becoming much more commonplace with lots of different jobs. It may not be a problem at all on your resume. There are stories in our local papers about telecommuters locally taht work for large companies like Microsoft, etc.

  3. KellyB Says:
    January 10th, 2010 at 08:50 pm 1263156645
    1263156645

    I'm a recruiter. I would suggest leaving off the city/state, it's not really needed. Or if you want to put it, just put your own city/state, as that is where you are working. The less "questions" the resume causes, the better.

  4. momcents Says:
    January 10th, 2010 at 09:48 pm 1263160118
    1263160118


    I think with telecommuting so commonplace nowadays, it wouldn't be an issue.

  5. baselle Says:
    January 11th, 2010 at 01:33 am 1263173600
    1263173600

    I think Kelly B has a point to eliminate the city/ state. If the telecommuting piece comes up, its usually a reference that the company had had productivity issues - supervisors often feel that they need to physically see their direct reports. Those references (CFO, supervisor) will be critical to establish you can do the job no matter where you are and without direct supervision. And if you are applying for telecommuting jobs, the fact that you had telecommuted means you know that its not as easy as it looks.

  6. jIM_Ohio Says:
    January 11th, 2010 at 06:17 pm 1263233867
    1263233867

    I do not state company location, only my location

    so

    company name, job title
    location I worked, state
    description

    If a company wants to dig deeper, they will need to see where the company is headquartered Put the burden on the interviewer to research the company name... and if they do not ask about the two locations, assume the interviewer did not even research it.



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