Fax number included why?
I can't remember the last time I received a resume by fax (OK, I'll admit that I started recruiting when you only received resumes in person or by fax and that meant that slightly yellow-tinged curly paper..man am I feeling old). The only things I send by fax now are things that need an actual, non-electronic signature (and I still think "can't that company get onboard with eCommerce? It's so 1997!"). I think I have used a fax machine maybe 2 times in the last 6-12 months. So I'm wondering why people still include a fax number on their auto signature or business cards. It just seems kind of weird to me. Is it nostalgia?
I mean, you may as well include your stagecoach stop in your autosig.
Comments
- Anonymous
September 16, 2005
It's becouse some folks from MSFT still use fax to send invoices / invitation letters / contracts / agreements / etc ... - Anonymous
September 17, 2005
Stagecoach Stop! Good times. - Anonymous
September 17, 2005
This made me look at my business card, and voila even I had a fax number printed on it. I have never-ever received a fax though :)
The only time I had to send one was a W-8BEN form to US. - Anonymous
September 19, 2005
I receive faxes all the time. Mostly mark-ups from our Marcomm group (they claim creativity above technology) and our legal department (claims are not permitted there without supporting evidence). We also send a good deal of faxes to customers for user group meetings and such.
Based on what Heather said, sending a faxed resume would probably get you noticed!
Chuck - Anonymous
September 19, 2005
TAG-I should have been clearer...I wasn't talking specifically abuot people at Microsoft. Just people in general that I know arne't sending and receiving faxes. Or at least, like me, not enough to include a fax number on their business card.
Scott-ya like that one?
Abhinaba-I thikn we are just used to seeing fax numbers there...easy to overlook.
Chuck-I would suspect that folks in creative fields need to get faxes. I wouldn't say that nobody should include them on their cards. Just that more people include them than actually use them. - Anonymous
September 19, 2005
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September 19, 2005
... I have to laugh. Microsoft requires fax'd copies of contracts. And physical ones as well, for contracts worth more than 10,000$ - Anonymous
September 19, 2005
OK, OK, our procurement and contracts folks can have it on their business cards!Immigration attorneys too! ; ) - Anonymous
September 19, 2005
Technical recruiters use the fax machine a lot since they are constantly compiling visa paperwork to send off to our legal department, who only accepts documents in faxed format. (What's sad is if a candidate emails me a scanned version of their passport or diploma, I have to go to the lobby and fax it to myself so it gets in fax form. Silliness. Pure silliness.)
gretchen - Anonymous
September 19, 2005
Being a staffing company, we still get faxes all the time. Though, I'm not really sure I need business cards at all, fax number or no. - Anonymous
September 19, 2005
Tim-I still use business cards at events. Still meeting enough folks face to face before I exchange mails. It's not just the phone number and e-mail address but also the blog url. Plus, I like them..they're pretty. - Anonymous
September 20, 2005
In 1995 when I applied for a job at Microsoft, I sent my resume via e-mail.
I was told this was unfair to other aplicants, who didn't have access to e-mail and I would have to resubmit my resume by fax. - Anonymous
September 20, 2005
BillyB-that's funny. I interviewed in 1995 and would bet money that I faxed in my resume. Holy cow, could I have mailed it in? Seems so long ago! - Anonymous
September 22, 2005
Actually, it depends a lot on your industry. Industry where original signatures are required still use fax's a lot - like, for example, the Real Estate industry (Escrow, etc.) - Anonymous
March 01, 2010
I am getting new business cards and began contemplating why I bother to have the fax number. They have my email and my phone. Who sends a fax out of the blue? I decided if anybody needs to send me a stupid fax, they can call me and ask me for the number. I'm out.