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LittlePooky · 2025-01-17T07:18:35+00:00

It's not a crime to be homeless, you know.

Many of us are just a few paychecks away from being one.

LadyPo · 2025-01-17T08:09:41+00:00

I don’t know if you mean this question literally or if you’re just trying to gauge the stigma from a social perspective.

The purpose of an address on a job app is to be able to, you know, contact you. They need to send tax and employment documents or laptops/equipment, depending on the job. Whether you live there or not isn’t their concern. They might flag a different address on a background check if you get a job offer, which is pretty easy to clear up. You could use a friend’s address (if that’s a reasonable option for you) and say you’re staying with them temporarily if you get a background check flag for it. Just make sure that person agrees to hand you your mail and isn’t shady or anything. Once you get a place with the money you make at the job, you can update the address in the employer’s records.

Social stigma varies. Some people would probably turn up their nose, and others would be more willing to want to help if you are otherwise qualified.

Jen0507 · 2025-01-17T11:57:59+00:00

I would call them for an interview if they meet the positions qualifications.

I would probably be quicker to call someone with homeless because I know they're hustling to improve and I would assume they're motivated to work. I'd also appreciate their honesty in their situation and would look highly upon them for it.

AllHailMooDeng · 2025-01-17T14:38:43+00:00

Probably.

I was a hiring manager for a franchise Panera Bread when I was in college. It was directly off one of the largest urban college campuses in the world. We knew the addresses of the local men’s shelters and would throw those applications out immediately. This was what my General Manager forced me/us to do. We had a million problems there and it was shut down for being a safety hazard so no point in reporting it now, but I’ve witnessed the discrimination for sure. The biggest reason we were shut down were problems with homeless people/drug addicts and it no longer being deemed a safe location, but still no excuse to immediately toss applications

sincitysos · 2025-01-17T12:27:00+00:00

The company needs to know where they would send your tax paperwork and any written communications (there aren't many anymore!)
So it is not "lying" to use an address of a friend's house if the friend has agreed to it. If the person is getting resources from a local shelter or aid organization/church, oftentimes those organizations have an address people can use for job applications - this is already a thing, you just ask at the organization if they are set up for that.
Again, this is not "lying" - it's telling the company where to send your tax documents.

Character-Remove-855 · 2025-01-17T14:05:54+00:00

It's 2025. Most recruiters say not to include an address on your resume. A phone number, email address, and maybe city/ zip should suffice.

DazzlingPurchase3482 · 2025-01-17T15:36:26+00:00

If your able to purchase a small P.O. Box or there are homeless shelters that allow you to use them as an address...employers never know it's a shelter

JesusPhoKingChrist · 2025-01-17T16:17:33+00:00

If you have to ask the question then the answer is probably better to hide it if possible. Your address should be one of the least interesting data points

SimilarComfortable69 · 2025-01-17T18:15:05+00:00

First of all, homeless people do not list homeless as their address. So I’m pretty sure you’ve never been homeless.

To answer the question, though, I would give a homeless person a fair shot, but most of the things I would need them to be qualified to do would probably also be things that would tend not to be in a person who is currently homeless unless they wanted to be .

belledamesans-merci · 2025-01-17T23:01:25+00:00

Are people still putting addresses on resumes? I stopped doing that years ago. I only put city and state.

sincitysos · 2025-01-19T15:57:47+00:00

You interview them if they are qualified. What are you, the Gestapo?!

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Friday, January 17, 2025

What do you do with job applications and resumes that state "HOMELESS" as their address? Are they better off hiding their homeless status by borrowing the address of a shelter, church, friend's place, etc.?

What do you do with job applications and resumes that state "HOMELESS" as their address? Are they better off hiding their homeless status by borrowing the address of a shelter, church, friend's place, etc.?

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