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Your contact (physical) Address: It is particularly important you have a home

address. Most employers call it permanent address or residential address. Nobody wants
to employ someone who is not traceable. A correctly written home address tells the

employer where you live and how to locate you or your relatives in case of any
emergency. Another important address is your postal address. Although this is no longer

in vogue since the advent of electronic mails, but some employers still use it. They send
all your postal correspondence to such address. You would not want your mail to get lost

in transit. So, get a functional postal address. If your residential or home address does

not have post office mailbox number, you can use ‘in care of’ (c/o) someone or
somewhere that has. It is also good to know the postal code of your area. It is

6-numerical digits assigned to postal areas to facilitate faster mail delivery using modern
mail sorting techniques. Most jobseekers do not know all these. Just go to google, type

your area and request for the post code. You can also check with your local post office.
For example, the post code for Area 10, Garki Abuja is 900246.

Social Media Profile: Like your physical location address, you also have social media
profiles or address which makes it possible for people looking for you on social media to

trace you and look up important information about you. It is advisable you keep and
regularly update your profile on platforms like LinkedIn which is for professionals and

career persons. It helps you connect with people in your circle and most employers like
to do further background check on their potential employees by looking at their profiles

on LinkedIn or Facebook. You can copy and paste your profile URL (Universal Resource

Locator) into your CV or other important documents. Get use to skype too or have a
skype account. Most employers use Skype for virtual job interviews.

Reflection

“As a job seeker, your phone should do more than calling or keeping
your friends contacts. It should serve as a micro office where you plan
and organize your documents and manage your job applications.”

Poser
Do you have a functional LinkedIn, Skype, Facebook, and postal address?

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