From the course: Writing a Resume
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Strategies for using your education
From the course: Writing a Resume
Strategies for using your education
- Did you ever take a certification course or start a degree and then stop halfway? Have you ever included any of that information on your resume? Maybe you're not sure how or even if you should include it. In most cases your education is quite cut and dry. Either you have a degree or you don't, and it's either relevant to the job or it isn't. But what happens if you're like me and you spent way too much money on an educational path you thought you would complete but didn't? Should you include that? Won't it make you look like a flake? And if you didn't complete it, is it even relevant? Well, the answer is it depends. What does it depend upon? By now I hope you know that it depends upon the job you're applying for. Using my own personal example as a law school dropout, let's see how this works. I decide that I'm going to include my law school information on my resume even though I didn't earn a degree. The how…
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