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Should you put your degree results on your CV?

  • 25-04-2015 11:54am
    #1
    Vag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭Vag


    Self explanatory really. Just wondering if anyone has left them off and then been asked for them?


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  • #2
    Annie Uneven Trombone
    Posts: 0 ✭ Annie Uneven Trombone


    Depends on what you got. If I got a first I probably would.


  • #3
    Annie Uneven Trombone
    Posts: 0 ✭ Annie Uneven Trombone


    I'd add, it depends on how far out you are from college. If you graduated 20 years ago and have a good body of work experience then your grade in college isn't going to matter really. If you're a recent grad and you got a 1.1 then it's something that can make you stand out from the crowd. I don't think I have my grades on my CV anyway.


  • #4
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    I would put a 1:1 or a 2:1 on it. Anything else I would leave out.


  • #5
    Vag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭Vag


    Cheers all, just wanted to get a sense of the thinking on this.


  • #6
    Irish_Elect_Eng
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Irish_Elect_Eng


    For a straight forward application in you field, just put your full degree name and result if you got an 1.x deg, omit if you got a 2.x.

    The only two case where I would suggest a subject breakout is if you need (a) Filler in a graduate CV or (b) if you are applying to a job outside of your specialty, in which case it can be useful to show the elements of your course that are relevant.


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  • #7
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    I don't but only because its not that good and I want to avoid it being picked up on if I can


  • #8
    Divisadero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭Divisadero


    No hard and fast rules and it may depend on your degree and also the sector you are targeting. But generally (and by today's standards) I would go with 2.1 or higher consider mentioning it.


  • #9
    Emsloe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭Emsloe


    And if you choose to leave out the grade some recruiters will think it's because you got a 2:2 or lower, for the reasons above. Whether that bothers you is a different story.


  • #10
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Emsloe wrote: »
    And if you choose to leave out the grade some recruiters will think it's because you got a 2:2 or lower, for the reasons above. Whether that bothers you is a different story.

    That is the case in my situation. Hence I don't volunteer that fact unless asked


  • #11
    Panda_Turtle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 304 ✭✭Panda_Turtle


    What about LinkedIn? Would you put your results there?

    Some 1.1ers will sacrifrice their social life to the extreme to get that grade.

    Some people with 2.1s may actually do better in the work place than 1.1ers.

    I suppose the interview will help determine that.


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  • #12
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    I think its important to put results down, when applying for graduate positions and for a few years after graduating. Once you have a certain amount of workplace experience employers will be far more concerned with that.

    If you have attained a 1st class honours degree then it should be clearly stated on the C.V. the amount of work it takes to get to that level in most degree courses is appreciable and it will show you have a good work ethic.


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