lordxenu

When applying for new jobs, do you leave out the name of your current employer? Do you think it's a good idea? I thought about replacing the name with something generic, like "Embedded Systems Company".

My fear is that if I'm mass applying to other jobs, especially to startups with small teams that may not have a formal HR practice in place, a tiny set of them may call my current place for whatever reason without my knowledge. I would rather not tip off my current employer that I'm thinking of leaving; my place is a bit trigger-happy at times.

I do have colleagues in the company who will vouch for me, so references are not a problem, but there's no tactful way to put that on a resume in place of the company's name.