Personal details and declaration in your résumé
For a private company: name, phone, email, city and one link, in one line under your name. Nothing else. For a government form or a biodata: exactly what the form asks, and a signed declaration.
What goes on, and what stays off
Put on every résumé
Full name
As on your degree certificate, so a background check matches it.
Phone, with +91
One number you answer. Recruiters call more often than they email.
A plain email address
firstname.lastname@ reads better than a nickname from school.
City and state
Recruiters filter by location. The street address can wait for the offer.
One link
LinkedIn for most roles; GitHub or a portfolio when the work is the proof.
Leave off, unless a form asks
Date of birth, age, gender, marital status
Not needed to judge your work, and an invitation to judge something else.
Father’s or mother’s name, religion, caste
Biodata and government forms ask for these; a private-company résumé does not.
Aadhaar, PAN, passport or bank numbers
Never. A résumé is forwarded to people you will never meet. HR asks for these after an offer.
Full postal address and pincode
City and state are enough to show where you can work.
A photo
Unless the posting asks for one. It takes space and some applicant systems cannot read it.
The declaration
Your application already says it is true. Keep it for the forms that ask for one.
Write yours
It also checks for an Aadhaar or PAN number, a full address and a nickname email.
Top of your résumé
[Your name]
[Phone] · [Email] · [City]
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere.
Questions people ask
Is a declaration necessary in a resume?
Not for private companies. It is expected on government and PSU applications, in a biodata, and on some campus or hospital forms. When a form asks for one, use the standard line, sign it, and add the place and date.
What is the correct declaration format?
“I hereby declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.” Then Place, Date and your signature, with your name in brackets below. Write the date when you sign, not when you first make the file.
Should I add my date of birth?
Only when the form asks, which government jobs often do because of age limits. On a private-company résumé, leave it out.
What about languages known?
Add them when the job uses them: a sales role in Tamil Nadu, a support role in Hindi and English, a translator. Otherwise they take a line that a skill could use.
Where do personal details go: top or bottom?
Contact details go at the top, under your name, in one line. If a form needs the rest (date of birth, father’s name), it goes in a short Personal Details block at the end, before the declaration.
The space you save goes to skills and results
Score your résumé free against what employers ask for, with no account. For a government form, the biodata format has every personal field and the declaration laid out.