Saving, accounts, privacy and your data – Page 3

It can be a simple, useful backup, as long as your email account is secure. Your email is then a second place where your resume data lives.

Good practice:

• Use a personal email account with a strong password and two-step verification.
• Send the JSON backup and your final PDFs with a clear subject, such as "Resume backup, October 2026".
• Delete older backup emails you no longer need.

Avoid:

• Work email accounts, which your employer controls.
• Shared family email accounts.

Remember the backup contains everything in your saved resumes, including contact details, so treat it as private.

Yes. If you logged in on a shared or public computer, log out when you finish, so the next person cannot open your resumes.

Before leaving:

• Log out of the builder.
• If you worked as a guest, delete your resumes from My resumes or clear the browser's site data, after taking a backup.
• Delete downloaded PDFs and backups from the Downloads folder, and empty the bin.
• Log out of email and cloud accounts.
• Close the browser completely.

On your own private device, staying logged in is your choice, but lock the device with a passcode.

Remove anything that could be misused and is not needed for a first contact. A public job board may make your resume visible to many people you do not know.

Remove or check:

• Full home address: keep city and country.
• Date of birth, ID numbers, passport details and bank information.
• Referees' contact details.
• Your current employer's name, if your search is confidential.
• A personal phone number, if the board lets employers message you through the site.

Keep:

• A professional email address.
• Your experience, skills and qualifications.

Check the board's visibility settings too; some let you hide your contact details until you choose to share them.

Secure your accounts first, then check what you can still access. A lost phone can contain your resume files, emails and logged-in accounts.

Immediately:

• Use your phone's "find my device" service to lock or erase it, if set up.
• Change passwords for your email and any account you were logged in to, including the builder if you logged in.

Then:

• If you logged in, check that you can reach your resumes from another device.
• If you were a guest on that phone only, access to those guest resumes depends on the lost device; use any backup or PDF you saved elsewhere.

In future, lock your phone with a passcode and keep backups in your own cloud storage or email.

Remove what you do not want them to see, and secure the device or account they used. Usually this happens on a shared computer or browser.

Steps:

• Download a backup if you want to keep your content.
• Delete the resumes from My resumes on that browser.
• If you logged in, log out on that device and secure your login details.
• Use your own device or a separate browser profile in future.

If you are worried that your contact details may be misused, watch for unusual messages and avoid sharing further personal information. For help, contact support@jobb.ae.

Keep your own copies in durable storage, rather than relying only on a browser. Browsers, devices and services change over the years.

What to keep:

• The final PDF of each resume you sent, with the date in the file name.
• A JSON backup from "Download all my resumes (JSON)".
• A plain document, such as a .docx or text file, with your full career history, dates and achievements. This is the easiest to reuse anywhere.

Where to keep it:

• Personal cloud storage, plus one offline copy, such as a USB drive.

Update your career history file whenever you change jobs or complete a qualification, even if you are not looking for work. It makes your next resume much quicker to write.

Editing on a secure website is generally fine, but take care with payments and logins on public networks. Public Wi-Fi in cafés, airports or hotels may be less secure than your home connection.

Good habits:

• Check the address bar shows the correct site with a secure connection (https).
• Avoid entering card details on public Wi-Fi if you can use mobile data instead.
• Do not log in to important accounts on networks you do not trust.
• Watch out for fake networks with names similar to the venue's.

If you work on a public computer as well, follow shared-computer steps: delete resumes and downloaded files, and log out before leaving.

It can help. A dedicated job-search email keeps applications organised, reduces spam in your main inbox, and limits how widely your main address is shared.

Tips:

• Use your name in the address, such as "s.rahman.jobs@example.com".
• Check it at least once a day; employers may write at any time.
• Set up notifications on your phone so you do not miss interview invitations.
• Keep it active for a while after your search ends, in case employers reply late.

Do not use a work email or a jokey address. Whichever email you choose, make sure the same address appears on your resume, application forms and professional profiles.

In the My resumes tab. It lists your saved resumes, and it is where you can open, delete or back them up.

From My resumes you can:

• Open a resume to edit it.
• Delete one resume, or all of them.
• Download a backup of all your resumes with "Download all my resumes (JSON)".

If the list is empty or missing resumes:

• Check you are using the same browser and device as before, and not a private window.
• If you logged in previously, log in again.
• If you cleared site data as a guest, access may be lost; check for a backup or PDF.

You can save up to 10 resumes, so the list also helps you decide which old versions to remove.

You may be looking at two separate copies, for example a guest resume on one device and a different copy elsewhere. Work out which one has your latest changes before editing further.

Steps:

• Compare the two versions: look for your most recent edits, such as a new job or a corrected date.
• Choose the most up-to-date one as your main version.
• Copy any changes that exist only in the other version into it.
• Delete the outdated copy to avoid confusion.

To prevent this:

• Log in, so you are working with the same resumes across devices.
• Edit on one device at a time.
• Keep a dated backup after important edits.

Payment is made through Stripe Checkout, a payment service. You enter your card details on the Stripe Checkout page when you choose to download your PDF.

What to keep in mind:

• The price is US$1.00 per PDF export, paid once, with no subscription.
• No tax or extra fees are added at checkout; your bank may add currency-conversion or card fees.
• Payment records are kept as needed for accounting, even if you delete your resumes.

General safety:

• Never send card details by email or message to anyone, including people claiming to be support.
• Never share a one-time password from your bank.

Not from the history list itself, which only shows the pages you visited. The bigger risk is that, on a shared device, anyone using the same browser may be able to reopen the builder and see your guest resumes.

On a shared device:

• Delete your resumes from My resumes when finished, after taking a backup.
• Clear your browsing history and site data if you do not want others to know you visited.
• Use a separate browser profile for yourself.
• Remove downloaded files.

On your own device:

• Lock it with a password or PIN.
• Keep your browser for yourself, or use separate profiles for family members.

Remember that clearing site data as a guest removes your own access too, so back up first.

Open the builder in each browser and device you might have used, and check My resumes. Guest resumes only appear in the browser where they were created.

Check:

• Each browser on your computer, such as the ones that came with the system and any you installed.
• Your phone's browsers, including the one that opens links from email or messaging apps.
• Different browser profiles, if you use more than one.

Once you find your resumes:

• Download a backup with "Download all my resumes (JSON)".
• Consider logging in, so this does not happen again.

Back up everything, then remove your data before the device leaves your hands.

Steps:

• Download "Download all my resumes (JSON)" from My resumes, and save your PDFs to your own cloud storage or a USB drive.
• Log in on your new device, or check you can use your backup there.
• Delete your resumes from My resumes on the old laptop.
• Sign out of all accounts.
• Reset the laptop to factory settings, which removes your files and browser data.

Check the backup opens on another device before you reset. Once the old laptop is reset, guest resume access from it is gone.

You can use a shorter, commonly used form of your name, but avoid hiding your identity in applications. Employers need to match your resume with later documents, such as contracts and visas.

Reasonable choices:

• First name and family name, leaving out middle names: "Priya Nair".
• A commonly used short name with your full name: "Mohammed (Mo) Saleh".

Be careful with:

• Initials only, such as "P. N.", which look unusual and can seem evasive.
• Names that do not match your official documents for formal applications, especially in the Gulf, where documents are checked for visas.

For privacy on public job boards, it is better to limit contact details than to change your name.

It is fine if you collect it straight away and do not leave copies behind. Printed resumes contain your contact details and work history.

Good habits:

• Send the job to print only when you are next to the printer.
• Check the printer tray for extra pages or failed prints.
• Do not leave your file on a public computer after printing; delete it from Downloads and empty the bin.
• Avoid using a current employer's printer for job-search documents.

At job fairs or interviews, bring only the number of copies you need, and keep spares in a folder rather than loose.

The optional ones: nationality, work authorization or visa status, driving licence and notice period. Fill them in only when they help a specific application.

Required for employers to contact you:

• Full name.
• Email and phone number.
• City and country.

Optional, depending on the job and region:

• Nationality and visa status: often useful in Gulf applications, less common elsewhere.
• Driving licence: useful when driving is part of the job.
• Notice period: useful when employers ask about availability early.
• Links: add only professional profiles.

There is no date-of-birth field. Keeping optional details off unless needed reduces the personal information you share with every recipient.

Yes, if you control the link settings. Many cloud services let you create links that anyone with the link can open, so check who can access your file.

Safer settings:

• Share with specific people by email, where possible.
• If you use "anyone with the link", share the link only privately and turn it off when it is no longer needed.
• Turn off editing for others.
• Review your shared files list from time to time.

Keep your main resume folder private, and create share links only for specific files when someone needs them. For job applications, uploading the PDF directly is usually simpler and safer than sending a link.

Check the web address carefully before entering personal or payment details. Fake sites sometimes use names or addresses that look almost the same as real ones.

Checks:

• The address bar shows the correct domain, spelled exactly, with a secure connection.
• You reached the site by typing the address or using a bookmark, not through an unexpected message or advert.
• Payment happens on Stripe Checkout, not by sending card details in a message.
• Support emails come from the support address published on the site, support@jobb.ae.

If something looks wrong, close the page and type the address yourself. Never share a one-time password with anyone who contacts you.