by Kevin Donlin - Guaranteed Resumes - Click for Info

With a huge number of career-related Web sites -- one estimate puts the figure at 80,000 -- you should have no trouble being seen by recruiters and prospective employers ... not to mention your current boss, co-workers and clients.

So, what can you do to keep your online job search a secret? Here are four things.

Trust, but verify Before posting your resume to a Web site, such as Monster.com , check to see what levels of anonymity are offered. Many career sites let you conceal your identity, or will alert you before interested companies can read your resume.

If you're in doubt about a site's confidentiality policy, contact them for clarification. Or don't post your resume there at all.

Your email address
This is a minor detail ... that's not so minor. Legally, your employer has a right to read all email sent to and from their computers. If you use your company's email address and conduct your job search on their time, you could be setting yourself up to be terminated.

Don't risk it. Put your personal email address on your resume. Or, use one of the many free email services, available from Hotmail.com, Yahoo.com and others.

Your mailing address
Worried about putting your home address on your resume? While I've never heard of anyone being visited by a stranger after posting a resume online, you might want to conceal it from your boss.

Example:
5089 Elmhurst, Royal Oak, MI 48073
could simply become
Suburban Detroit

Your current employer
Try to replace the name and address of your employer with a brief description. The more prominent your company is, the more you'll conceal.

Example:
FedEx Corporation, Memphis, TN
could become
Fortune 500 Express Delivery Corporation, Southeastern US

NOTE: when disguising employment or other information, keep in mind that eventually, the actual names, facts and figures will come out. So, for example, don't describe your company as "World's Leading Pet Retailer" when it's really "Bob's Poodle Palace."

Conceal information in a way that protects you now, while avoiding major disappointments later.

Best of luck to you!

Kevin Donlin is President of Guaranteed Resumes.

Since 1996, he and his team have provided resumes, cover letters and online job-search assistance to clients in all 50 states and 23 countries. Kevin has been interviewed by USA Today, CBS MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal's National Business Employment Weekly, CBS Radio, and many others.

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