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Subject:Education on Resume From:Janet_Valade -at- SYSTECH -dot- COM Date:Fri, 9 May 1997 15:37:40 PST
>The usual way to indicate that you went to college but didn't graduate
>is "Attended University of Foo with major in Bar Technology." As
>opposed to "B.S., University of Foo, Bar Technology."
>The line on my resume for post-graduate work goes like this:
Completed course work for M.S., Technical Communication,
>University of Washington. Thesis pending.
I am interested in knowing how hiring managers feel about education
that was begun, but never finished. Is it better to put it on the
resume, or just leave it off? I leave mine off because I am afraid it
makes me look like a quitter. Of course, I have other degrees on my
resume. If the incomplete degree was my only education, I might see
it differently.
Janet
Janet Valade
Technical Writer
Systech Corp, San Diego, CA
janet_valade -at- systech -dot- com
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