Just Graduated - Resume Questions

1. I graduated with "High Distinction," whatever that means. Should I include it?
2. Should I write "Bachelor of Science, Finance" or "B.Sc. Finance?"
3. I transferred from a community college. My Overall GPA is 3.62 and Total Institution GPA is 3.75. Do I need to use the Overall? If so, do I round up, down, or leave it?
4. Should I include that I was in the Honors College? Does anyone care?
5. Should I include any pre-internship (I've had 3) employment? I was an optician before that.
6. Someone told me to put, "Financing 100% of education." Does anyone actually care? Seems pretentious.

Much appreciated

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Best Response
  1. Ye
  2. Personal preference, I'd choose the former 3.Overall,and I'd leave it as is. Alternatively, is there a major GPA you could use? This answer changes if your transcript lists only the institution GPA, in which case I'd use that. 4.Yes include, it matters 5.Depends on the length of your resume. It doesn't sound like the experiences are related to what you want to do, so only put enough to ensure you have a solid 1 page resume. General rule is 3 positions total, with more description for the better positions.
  3. Under no circumstance should you include that. It may have a place in conversation or your cover letter, but not your resume
 
TwoThrones

For #6, I'd put something about working xx amount of hours to pay for school under education. That's what I did and the people who reviewed my resume seemed to be receptive to it.

Do you have a job? Looking for one? Which function are you looking for if yes to the second question?

I don't have a job right now. I'll be applying for all types of positions. There are a lot of listing on my school's job board. Should I start now or wait until January?
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John-Doe8

Start applying now. Your job is to get a job, don't waste any time

I'm not in a rush. Concerned a resume might get tossed during holiday season when it wouldn't have in January.
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

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