Can I put this on a resume?
I am taking on the payments of all of my student loans (about $60K). After about a year, I've paid off nearly half of the balance; can I put that on my resume as an accomplishment?
I am taking on the payments of all of my student loans (about $60K). After about a year, I've paid off nearly half of the balance; can I put that on my resume as an accomplishment?
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You really shouldn't - imagine if you were reading over resumes and you saw that. Pretty bad judgement call.
Why would you even consider this? Are you going to list your bank balances as well?
Not to be harsh but why should anyone care? Your personal finances are not exactly relevant information to have on your resume. It is nice that you paid down your debt but what do you hope to accomplish by wasting valuable resume space with that?
If you worked full or part time during undergrad to pay off your loans, put your employment and hours a week on your resume. That, shows you worked hard and had an activity that required a high time commitment (much like being a student-athlete).
If you're out of undergrad and used the salary/bonus from your job to pay loans, then congrats, you did what the law requires and what everyone else does. Not much of an accomplishment.
Just say "Working full/part-time to offset the cost of tuition" and then discuss what you did...
don't
lol... please dont put it
ohh attach your credit report as well :)....everyone is giving pretty good advice!
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