Comments on: Why You Shouldn’t Put Education at the Top of Your Resume

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By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 04:22:00 +0000

Probably a good idea to minimize your worthless degree in Babylonian History and play up your coding skills and technical certifications at the top of the page. In a perfect world you could minimize it so much that it gets buried in 0.1-point font.

By: Career Sidekick

Career Sidekick — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:01:00 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. There are very few cases in which it makes sense to list education first. It’s a good idea for some scientific or technical positions, but even then I’d recommend just putting your degree after your name up top, like ‘John Smith PhD.’

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:11:00 +0000

Why isn’t there a sample resume?

By: David Hooper

David Hooper — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 02:19:00 +0000

One of the reasons this happens is that education is a business and the big colleges need students to stay in business, so they sell them on the idea that “education” will get them a better job and life. Then you have all these people who have bought into this going out and applying for jobs…

As a small business owner, I can tell you I don’t care what your education is as long as you can do the job. And oftentimes, “educated” people aren’t nearly as good as people without a degree, because they take everything the school said at face value and think there is only way to do things.

Not to be too tough on college students… I went to college, so I certainly see the value. To me though, the value has little to do with how well you’ll be able to do a job.

By: Ibrahim

Ibrahim — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 02:46:00 +0000

I think education at the top of a resume is best for new graduates with little to no experience. Overall, I agree with this. Education at the top of a resume is wasted space.

By: Para Friv

Para Friv — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:28:00 +0000

Education degree is an important factor when you go for a job, but it is not all. I am a new graduate student, really looking for a suitable job itself is not simple at all. Many thanks for the sharing.

By: Gahe

Gahe — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:43:00 +0000

I think that your perspective is deep, its just well thought out and really fantastic to see someone who knows how to put these thoughts down so well.