Your resume looks fantastic. Concise, tidy, easy-to-read - and wow, you are one qualified person!

But is your e-mail address on it? It should be, especially considering that most recruiters don't care where your house or apartment is, yet nearly everyone includes that information. Additionally, if you're unemployed, your life may be in flux and you may move frequently. E-mail can be your consistent contact.

But a recent review of more than 150,000 resumes found that more than a quarter of applicants do not put an e-mail contact on their resume.

"If I look at 200 resumes a day, which is very likely, those missing an e-mail address are going to be ignored ," said Greg Henderson, a recruiter from Portland, Oregon. "E-mail exchange helps to sort out the 'might be qualified' from the 'is not qualified ."

Moreover, when you do not include an address, be sure to check that the account is indeed active. Recruiters report that many of their mails go unanswered.

The review was conducted by ResumeDoctor.com, a Vermont-based consulting firm.

Justin Bachman - EMPLOYMENT WEEKLY

* This is why, when you get your overseas job campaign started with us and you do not have an email address or if you do not want to send your email address out, Great Lakes Employment Intl. will create one to include on your resume, check it at least 4 times / day and contact you immediately when you receive an email from a perspective employer.