4: JOB SEARCH TOOLS
Education If more of your skills and experience come from
employment, list employment first and education last. List education first if you are a student, recent graduate or pursuing a career with an educational emphasis. Include the name of the institution, location (city and state), graduation date (if less than five years ago) or projected graduation date, degree(s) earned, field of study and GPA (if over 3.5).
If you haven’t been to school in at least five years, list education after your professional experience and skip the year you graduated to avoid potential age discrimination. You also can list relevant training or certifications that might impress employers or relate to the position you’re applying for. For job seekers who did not graduate from undergraduate or graduate programs they started, a simple disclosure is best: “Attended the University of Minnesota, 2010-2013.” Some employers applicant filters include “some college”. If the courses you took relate to the position you are applying for, you can note that. For example you could include “Concentration on Accounting and Economics course work”. Note that you can indicate that you graduated from high school, even if you didn’t graduate “on time,” as long as you have a GED or another type of high school equivalency certificate. List the name of the school or school district and state where you earned the diploma. Do not note your high school graduation date. You can omit the education section if you did not finish high school or have no formal training, either in school or from an employer.
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