CV - Listing Honours from your leaving cert.

Broads.ie

In threads discussing CV's I've seen people here saying that they don't write how many points they got in the Leaving Cert but instead just list their "Honours" ... What exactly is an Honour in this regard? The amount of honours subjects you did? Or the amount of honours subjects in which you scored an A1?

Evelynmc

well on mine i don't state the points this is an example of what i do

Leaving Certificate

Subject Level Result

Irish Ordinary A2
English Higher C3

obviously would look better when its all aligned and spaced properly, it doesnt keep the spacing when i post it here for some reason, and just list in a table like that, i find it fills mine out nicely

Broads.ie

You list the whole table of results? I've seen people here advising against that...

Actually, do I need to even mention my results on the CV if I have a degree? I only scored 335 points, which is fairly average and it might put the employer off...

omahaid

Broads.ie wrote: »

You list the whole table of results? I've seen people here advising against that...

Actually, do I need to even mention my results on the CV if I have a degree? I only scored 335 points, which is fairly average and it might put the employer off...

I was in the same boat, I didn't mention the leaving cert at all, just my degree details really.

Evelynmc

ive never had any probs with it, i dont have any thing from college so i just throw that in so just depends i guess

Eoin

I think an honour is a C or better at higher level?

Anyway - I'd only list them if you've very little else to put down.

MagicMarker

There's no mention of the leaving cert on my CV.

novarock

In your education (which should be underneath your work experience) Only put in you latest qualification. If you have a degree, you more than likely did ok in your leaving.

I literally have just the name of my degree, some of the subjects covered, no results, and thats it. Everything else is work experience.

tommy21

They don't care to be honest fir most part. list your points at most.

Broads.ie

Nobody has answered my question. What is an honours?

amen

An honours is a Grade C or higher on a honours paper.
It is not a Grade D on an honours paper.

It is not any grade (including A, B, C) on a pass/foundation level paper.

missbelle

I just have on mine - Leaving Certificate 7 honours as I did all higher level, although I did get two Ds :eek:

Then again, my college degree & experience are what employers tend to focus on

tenchi-fan

I wouldn't use the term "honours", especially not on a cv.

However, when people use it, they mean C3 or higher on a higher level paper only. A 'D' in higher level is not an honour, and an "A" in ordinary level is not an honour.

Anything below a 'D' is a fail. Anything that isn't an honour or a fail is a 'pass'

missbelle

Ah well, it's over 8 years on my CV like that at this stage
So technically, I should have 5 honours, 2 pass? That to me, sounds like I did two ordinary level subjects.

Eoin

If it's 8 years since your leaving cert, you probably don't need to list them at all?

missbelle

Yea true. I think I'll just put it at the end of my education

ie name of school School year 2003

the last interview I went for was an internal position so it was just relevant work experience I talked about!

LimeFruitGum

If you have a postgrad, I wouldn't bother putting in the LC. You can safely assumed you passed it. If you've just finished your undergrad degree, no harm putting in the name of your secondary school and the amount of points you got.

Saying you got seven honours means nothing - they could have been in all pass subjects. Nothing wrong with that, but it is too vague and ultimately meaningless. It doesn't tell me anything significant about the candidate.