Noting Dual Citizenship in Resume

If I have EU+US citizenship should I note that on my resume somewhere? If so, where?

Will it help me or hurt me to have it on my resume? Or will it be not important at all?

Just curious. Thanks!

Dual Citizenship on Resume

There are generally two opinions on listing dual citizenship on a resume. One, is that it may make you seem more interesting and may be a plus.

dublin - Corporate Development Manager:
Yeah, add a line under the line for foreign languages, if you have one. Can't hurt, and could help because:
  • If you have a foreign sounding name, nobody will worry about you needing a visa
  • Easy international travel if needed
  • Interesting talking point

It makes you a marginally more appealing candidate because it give you a bit more international flavor. Not that big a deal though. Make sure you put US first btw.

The second opinion is that its useless and a faux pas. That is because employers are not allowed to use information such as this discriminate in hiring practices. However, it may cause unwanted questions in an interview.

scoobysnak - Asset Management - Associate:
I had it listed next to languages in an Additional Information section, however, after repeatedly being asked where I was born in interviews (yeah, smooth), I took it out. I'm born in the US with automatic US-EU citizenship, but it seemed like people wanted to use it for discrimination than anything else.

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I think you can list it in the language section, something like: Languages: native in French, English (dual French-American citizen)

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Oh sorry I don't know how you should list it then. I saw a resume of a French-American guy and this is how he lists his dual citizenship.

Or maybe you can try to insert a line in your interests section.

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Quarterlife:
Oh sorry I don't know how you should list it then. I saw a resume of a French-American guy and this is how he lists his dual citizenship.

Or maybe you can try to insert a line in your interests section.

Thanks for the help! I didn't mean to seem rude. I guess interests section is where it may go.

 

I had it listed next to languages in an Additional Information section, however, after repeatedly being asked where I was born in interviews (yeah, smooth), I took it out. I'm born in the US with automatic US-EU citizenship, but it seemed like people wanted to use it for discrimination than anything else.

 
scoobysnak:
I had it listed next to languages in an Additional Information section, however, after repeatedly being asked where I was born in interviews (yeah, smooth), I took it out. I'm born in the US with automatic US-EU citizenship, but it seemed like people wanted to use it for discrimination than anything else.
Thats terrible.
 

What the fuck is that picture.

Per your question, I don' think it works like you're thinking. My guess, and its a guess since I've never worked in an MBA admissions team, is that business schools consider ethnicity far more than citizenship. Citizenship signals a few things: that you have some sort of international experience, and that you can get a job in your country of citizenship. Not having US citizenship makes it a bit harder to get a job in the US, but it isn't a deal breaker for the admissions game (obviously - plenty of non US citizens go to top schools every year).

tl;dr Aside from a school like Sloan which uses a scorecard, they don't assign/take away points based on citizenship.

 

German clients in the U.S. would speak English. If anyone is doing business in the U.S. they speak English, particularly Germans who speak English better than the average American. German is an amazing language that I hope lives on forever, but it has almost no use whatsoever in the U.S.

 
Edmundo Braverman:
I'm a dual American/British citizen, and it's nice if you want to work in the EU.

What if you want to break into a job on the street from public accounting? Are your odds of employment higher if you look to work abroad as opposed to working in the US? If so, does this favor certain groups. For example, IB over ST etc. Just trying to figure out how I can leverage my newfound EU passport.

 

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