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Weird resume question - what's my name?
Okay, this is a strange situation, but here goes. My legal first name is unusual, embarrassing (to me, anyway), and often mispronounced or misheard. Several years ago I worked at a company for a few years, then left to go to grad school. Immediately after leaving the company, I decided to start going by my middle name. Everyone who has met me since I left the company knows me by my middle name and it is on my voicemail and email.
Here's my problem - I am applying for a job back at my old company and obviously I will put my experience and time there on my resume. Normally I apply for jobs using my middle name and last name, but if I do that in this case, they won't find any record of me working there under that name, and that will look weird. I could easily just put my legal first name and last name on the resume, but then if I get called for an interview, my voice mail will have my middle name. If I change my voicemail to my first name, everyone else who calls me will be confused.
Sorry this is so long. It's such a dumb problem to have, but I don't know how to handle it. Any thoughts?
Re: Weird resume question - what's my name?
Is this an online application or a resume submission?
Maybe put your real name in parenthesis and/or make a note that you prefer to be called middlename if it's a resume.
I know some online applications have a box for preferred name as well but if not, I'd still try to fit that in on the resume somewhere.
Can you put your first initial and then middle name? That way if they go to look you up they should be able to figure it out. Something like:
J. Elizabeth Smith
should suffice.
First, middle, and last on your resume for this job in particular. When you interview, state that you now go by MiddleName.
Problem solved.
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I would put "First name middle name (Middle name) last name"
That way they have both names and know which one you go by.
I applied (and interviewed) with a company I worked at for 6 years. When I applied online, there was a question asking if I was a previous employee. My name is different since I got married -- new last name, and they knew me by a shorted nickname of my first name. When interviewed, I gave the HR recruiter the name I was known by when I worked there.
They will see your resume and that you worked there. If nothing else you may get a call asking about that.