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So at this point, your header should look something like this:

In the previous chapter, I mentioned that you put your contact info in below your name. Now, you might have a few questions about what contact info to include, so let me take a minute to address a few issues:

• A word about email addresses: I’d definitely recommend using a professional email address. Of course, you don’t want to use your current work email (for fear of your boss finding out) but you don’t want to use sexymomma69@whatever.com either. You probably don’t want to use anything to cutsie or personal like bassfisherman23@whatever.com or even sallysmother@whatever.com either. If you don’t have a nice, innocuous email address, then get yourself one. There are tons of free and easy options out there. Gmail is probably the best bet. You could even set up a dedicated email address just for your job search. If you’re afraid you’ll forget to check it, you can always change the settings to have the mail forwarded to your regular email address.
• A word about phone numbers: what phone number should you use? In this day and age, your cell phone number, of course. But realistically, just use whatever number is easiest for you to be reached at comfortably. If, again, you’re afraid of being found out at work, then put your home number.
• A word about home addresses: are they even important anymore? I mean, it’s not like the employer is going to respond to you via a postal letter. I get asked this question a lot, and my answer is that, no, you don’t have to include your home address. But unless you have a good reason why you shouldn’t, then why not just do it anyway? If your resume is in a pile of 20 others, and I’m looking for quick ways to narrow the pile down, then I’m likely looking for any excuse. And if the other 19 resumes all have home addresses on them, then of course I’m going to wonder why yours does not. Don’t give me any reason to ask questions or have doubts. In most cases, I recommend including the address so you don’t give the hiring manager a reason to question your resume before even reading it.
• A note about multiple pages: if your resume runs to two or more pages, then you’re going to want to include your name at least on every page. So every page has a header with at least your name, followed by Page 2, Page 3, etc. This is just so that, again, in this mythical pile of 20 resumes, if your 2^nd page gets mixed up, they know who the resume belongs to. I recommend making the Your Name, Page 2 header on the other pages be a similar font size and certainly the exact same font as you use on the first page. I’ll explain this in greater detail later on.