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Who do you tell your GPA to? I stopped listing GPA after my first job. When I get a resume from someone that went to college 10 years ago and lists a 3.245 GPA,
by brianwawok 4y ago
Who do you tell your GPA to? I stopped listing GPA after my first job. When I get a resume from someone that went to college 10 years ago and lists a 3.245 GPA, I laugh.
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- nordsieck 4y ago1. My understanding is that education is much more important in Europe than the US. From what I gather, people with long careers often still lead with their education credentials. Not sure why. 2. I think it really depends on the person's career. If they've had 7 jobs in 10 years, yeah - GPA probably isn't super relevant. But if someone's been at the same place for 10 years, maybe it's not the worst thing. IMO, the 1 page (with large text) rule is more important. GPA should probably fall off before relevant job related stuff, but there's no harm in keeping it there if the resume has the space.
- firstlink 4y agoYeah but what about when their GPA is 3.254? Bet you're not laughing then! /s
- brianwawok 4y agoLol. I even had someone with like 8 years of work experience put a 2.5 GPA on their resume. I would have done a phone screen.. but with that low of a GPA, and the judgement to put it on your resume? Pass.
- forgetbook 4y agoIt could be the case that this person is attempting to show a rags-to-riches story of hard work in the 8 years since their experience in higher ed?
- brianwawok 4y agoNot sure, but I wasn't buying it.
- pfannkuchen 4y agoYeah, today it doesn’t matter at all. The others I referenced in my post were other people in college, e.g. while I was applying to internships, not anyone today. Though I do still include it on my resume, I had kind of assumed that people will think it was very low if you omit it.