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bowen

My general notion from doing tons of interviews was never list your GPA, it comes across as douchey. If you graduated top of your class, obviously you can list that, but no one cares if you got a 3.93.

UrQuanLord88

From what I've been advised:
Put your GPA if it is the norm. I've applied to places where you have to state your gender/age/marital status for some reason.

Most importantly, put your GPA if you think that it will help you in your job application. If school is the latest thing you've done in relation to the job you are applying to, it makes sense to put it down. 10 years after the fact that you've graduated? It would just be taking up space for all the cool and interesting things that you've been doing recently.

L Ron Howard

I've only ever seen it suggested to be used for new students that have just graduated and are getting their first job out of college.
Other than that, nobody uses it.

And asking about gender, age, marital status is all illegal, in the US anyway.

bowen

L Ron Howard wrote:

I've only ever seen it suggested to be used for new students that have just graduated and are getting their first job out of college.
Other than that, nobody uses it.

And asking about gender, age, marital status is all illegal, in the US anyway.

Illegal but they do it anyways. The default practice is to just say "sorry I don't see how any of this is applicable to the job." If there's lots of travel involved, for instance, businesses will prefer unmarried people. Everything else can get bent.

Deebaser

leave the "with honors".
remove the gpa

Dehumanized

I'd only list it if they explicitly ask for it at the place you're applying to.

adytum

In this specific case it's for networking, and not for a particular job.

I think leaving the magna/summa/cum laude by itself sounds like the best idea.

Thanatos

Deebaser wrote:

leave the "with honors".
remove the gpa

What he said.

HadjiQuest

Yeah, I have my honors on my resume, and sometimes I state it in cover letters as an example of my abilities to work hard, be dedicated, learn complex things quickly, etc. etc.

And yes, I am that guy looking for his first job out of college (much later than I should be because my grad school plans fell through at the last minute).

ResidentSleepwalker

Kind of depends on what your degree was in and where you work - but you can probably just include the latin part if you did really good. I work in investment banking with three years of experience. No one gives a fuck about the GPA on my Bachelors of Arts in Creative Writing.

MegaMan001

adytum wrote:

As I'm updating my resume, I'm wondering if there is a point in one's career where one might stop including GPA information on a resume?

Scenario 1: With a decade of work experience since college, does graduating whatever cum laude matter? Should one list one's GPA at all?

Scenario 2: After completing a graduate degree, should one even bother listing one's GPA, just the cum laude modifier, or nothing at all?

Googling for suggestions turns up mounds of contradictory information. Perhaps the perpetual font of wisdom that is H/A might be able to provide some opinions.

1) Your resume is only supposed to go back ten years, I think? So I'd drop it.

2) I'd absolutely list my GPA (and I have for my recent applications to anesthesia departments) because all I have to show IS my GPA and considering you need to have a B+ average or better to even stay in an anesthesia graduate school it makes all the difference to demonstrate you got a hard A.

As far as the contradictory information goes, it's even worse than five years ago when I applied for my ICU jobs. A lot of places have gotten rid of the traditional resume, cover letter, and CV in favor of online applications where you just plug in what they want. I don't think there is any absolute 'correct' version anymore.

pirateluigi

As someone who has looked at thousands of resumes, I'd recommend leaving the cum laude and dropping the number. The honors stands out and makes you memorable, while the GPA doesn't really mean anything to a recruiter. Obviously this varies from recruiter to recruiter, but in my exerience, GPA never helps, it can only hurt, while the honors can never hurts and can only help.