For someone at a nontarget - should they put their school at the bottom of their resume?
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Do you have good academic achievements? 4.0, department awards, good scholarships
If you do probably worth to leave it at top
If not depending on how good your internships are, it might be worth tossing at the bottom
Absolutely not! Be proud of your school
Lol
I mean, I guess I can kind of see the logic here? That said, HR aren't (all) robots and chances are they'll do a once-over of your CV in its entirety. This will likely be a quick scan of, primarily, school and the names of past employers; if this piques their interest sufficiently, they may then look at grades and the nature of past work undertaken, as well as any "outstanding" extracurricular interests you've listed. Ultimately, it comes down to how you want to present the information and what you think that says about you. After a few years of work experience, most people tend to move education to the bottom of their CV anyway, as it becomes less relevant. If you're doing this early doors, my read would be: i) This kid's got a lot of experience that he thinks is more relevant than his education; or ii) This kid is clearly embarrassed by his uni and is trying to gloss over it with all this other quasi-target sh*t...
I'm at a nontarget. I'm a junior this year and I have a banking internship lined up at a BB this summer. Put your school on top. Don't mess up the format that they're used to because it won't matter, it'll just make them like you less. The only way you'll break in from a nontarget is through networking. Every interview I had was with firms where I bypassed HR because a VP inputted me directly into the process. I didn't even submit my application until I got the superday, and then it was just a formality.
Anyways, the point is, hiding your school from your resume as a nontarget won't matter because if you're filling out the online application you'll get no where. The only way to bypass this is through networking. And then, assuming you speak with the right people, you bypass HR and get directly in to a first round or superday.
HR shouldn't be the first to look at your resume. Build a rapport with analysts/associates/VPs and have them send your resume over. From a non-target, you HAVE to network and the people you network with will see your resume first.
And then HR ignores the recommendations from 8 bankers because you go to a non-target.
Or HR tells the VP who sent it over that they have decided not to hire any nontargets
Or HR selects the resume for the MD to decide who gets interviews...and they wont give the MD you talked with your resume so he cant interciew you
You clearly dont understand how things work. Go network instead of worrying about putting your school at the bottom of your resume.
"Just leave my school off my resume" - this has been the worse idea in the history of all ideas, maybe ever
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