Should you list scholarships, honors, and awards on your resume?
Filed in Scholarship on Aug.15, 2011
Question by Sarah: Should you list scholarships, honors, and awards on your resume?
Hello. I have an remarkable listing of scholarships, honors, and awards that I have had on my resume since graduating from graduate college close to 4 years ago. I am attempting to get my resume down to two pages which can be attained if I get rid of this part. Do employers treatment about honors and awards in undergrad/grad school if it has been that long since graduation, or will like them make me look young and immature?
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Answer by Spock (rhp)
pare all the ones that aren’t straight connected to the task you happen to be heading for.
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August 15th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
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August 15th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
I think it’s useful to include that section, but there are probably some that you could summarize and take out, especially for things you got in college. For example, if you have multiple semesters of being on the Dean’s List, you could summarize it as Dean’s List (x semesters) instead of writing out each one.
If you’re listing your GPA elsewhere, you could potentially take out awards that are strictly GPA related, because they can already see that it’s high, for example.