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VACCINATED jobseekers can give themselves an edge by adding their Covid-19 jab status to their resume.

While lawyers warn most employers cannot ask for medical records, recruiters say there is nothing to stop jobseekers volunteering the information for a potential advantage.

“If you are a jobseeker out there and if you are comfortable with it, then why not?” people2people group managing director Mark Smith said.

A poll of 715 Australian workers by people2people revealed 56 per cent believed including vaccination details on a CV was a good idea.

Hender Careers principal consultant Paul Bell said he had not seen this trend yet but “it could easily be something that creeps in”.