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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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 Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 4:13 am Post subject: Re: Do you put your degree on your resume/CV? |
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| Stalin84 wrote: |
| Every employment centre I spoke to told me to take my BA off my resume. They said it would do nothing but over-qualify me for most of the work I could do |
If a BA over-qualifies you for the job, you're applying for the wrong job. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Do you put your degree on your resume/CV? |
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| Stalin84 wrote: |
| If I took my degree off, I'd have to take my Korea/Japan teaching experience off too which makes it look like I've been doing nothing since I was 18 |
It really pis*es me arf the way they think esl exp is worthless.
In the west they never, ever forgive you for getting off the treadmill and going abroad. |
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silkhighway
Joined: 24 Oct 2010
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| You're rightly proud that you have a degree, so there's no point misrepresenting yourself, it will just lead to dissapointment for both sides. I can't imagine any job that actually wants you to submit a resume deliberately not hiring you because you have a degree, especially in a place where people with BAs are a dime a dozen. And besides, what would you tell people you've been doing for the time you were in school and in Korea? Jail? |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Trust me, they are right. Just take it off and say you worked as a peace corps volunteer in Korea. Lie a little, everyone else does it. It's not like you're going to list these temp jobs on your resume in the future, it's a filler position right? |
You are actually advising someone to lie and say that they don't have a degree? Huh? Once you have a degree why would you lie and say you don't? Foolish advice. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Do you put your degree on your resume/CV? |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Stalin84 wrote: |
| Every employment centre I spoke to told me to take my BA off my resume. They said it would do nothing but over-qualify me for most of the work I could do |
If a BA over-qualifies you for the job, you're applying for the wrong job. |
EXACTLY. You earned your degree, now use it to get a REAL job. |
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Stalin84
Joined: 30 Dec 2009
Location: Haebangchon, Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: Do you put your degree on your resume/CV? |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Stalin84 wrote: |
| Every employment centre I spoke to told me to take my BA off my resume. They said it would do nothing but over-qualify me for most of the work I could do |
If a BA over-qualifies you for the job, you're applying for the wrong job. |
EXACTLY. You earned your degree, now use it to get a REAL job. |
Um, name one job that a BA in anything qualifies you for outside of the military and teaching in Asia... |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Do you put your degree on your resume/CV? |
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| Stalin84 wrote: |
| wylies99 wrote: |
| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Stalin84 wrote: |
| Every employment centre I spoke to told me to take my BA off my resume. They said it would do nothing but over-qualify me for most of the work I could do |
If a BA over-qualifies you for the job, you're applying for the wrong job. |
EXACTLY. You earned your degree, now use it to get a REAL job. |
Um, name one job that a BA in anything qualifies you for outside of the military and teaching in Asia... |
The BA itself doesn't qualify you for anything. It's what your BA was in that tells employers what you are qualified to do. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean immigration requires native english teachers to have a bachelor's degree to teach in Korea...............So is your bachelor's relevant to what you are seeking in Korea? Most definately, so put it on the resume. If you don't, they might think you don't have one and chuck it. |
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