Virtually all major job boards encourage candidates to post their resumes so that the minority of employers who search the resume banks can search the database, find your resume, and contact you to see if you'd be interested in being considered for one of their employment opportunities. There are certainly pros and cons to posting your resume to a public database such as a resume bank. For example, although potential employers will be able to see your resume and that will increase your chances of finding a new job faster, others will be able to see your resume as well. We at CollegeRecruiter.com became so concerned about the threat of identity theft from hackers and annoying phone calls from those who search resume banks to find new customers that we no longer allow employers or anyone else to search our resume bank.

If you decide to post your resume, do so carefully. Use a disposable Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail or other such email address and a post office box rather than your home address. Never include on your resume information such as your birthdate or social security number. Employers don't want that information when they're considering you for a position and because of the risk of identity theft you don't want to ever hand that information over to anyone who doesn't absolutely need it. Don't include the name of your current employer as that will reduce the likelihood that they or someone acting on their behalf will find your resume. If you work for a large national bank, identify your current employer as "Large, National Bank" where you would normally list the name of the organization. If you think that your employer may find you by your name, use your first initial and last name.

At the end of the day, you are not owned by your employer. If they find out that your resume is on-line they should look upon that finding as an opportunity to try harder to keep you. If they terminate your employment or take other disciplinary action, then they'll only have confirmed for you that they are not an employer of choice and that you made the right decision to seek out a new place of work.