Resume question - include GPA?

[Lilac]

If you're a professional with 5+ years experience, do you list your GPA on your resume still? Straight out of school, everyone lists their GPA, but it seems so silly now that I've been working for several years. I'm in engineering and just finished my M.S. last year if that is relevant. Both B.S. and M.S. GPAs are high, so that's not the issue.

[Pilsy]

I have never had my GPA on my resume!

I'm not in your field, so my input may not be relevant, but I suggest you not include it.

Good luck in your search!

[Lilac]

Jan 11, 2013 21:59:03 GMT -5 Pilsy said:

I have never had my GPA on my resume!

I'm not in your field, so my input may not be relevant, but I suggest you not include it.

Good luck in your search!

What's funny is I'm not actually job hunting at the moment. I was recently asked to be the hiring manager for summer interns at my company and reviewing all of their resumes convinced me to update my own. I hadn't touched it in 4+ years! One of the criteria we use for judging candidates is GPA since so few have professional experience as college students, which is why I'm wondering.

[belovedbride07]

DH is in engineering, not even 5 years out of school, and he doesn't have his GPA on his résumé. He's had a couple trusted senior engineers look at it recently, and this hasn't been an issue.

[RoxMonster]

I put my GPA on right after I graduated college and was looking for jobs, but now 5 years out of school, I would not. I would focus more on all my work experience. Many jobs (in my field at least) require an official college transcript anyhow, so they would see my GPA there.

[MadamePresident]

My husband is an engineer. He doesn't have it on his resume, but has needed it for online applications.

[Deleted]

No.

But in my field (ie- small law) no one cares. BigLaw does so I don't know if its common for a candidate to include it, or if they separately submit their transcripts.

[cjeanette]

I have mine listed. Most applications I have had to complete ask for it.

[rosetyler]

The only people I look for GPAs from are co-ops, interns and candidates for our graduate development program. Otherwise, it's extraneous. If you graduated, for example, magna cum laude or similar, you could list that, but once you've moved past anything but entry-level jobs, no one cares what you did in college.

This may be different in some industries, but I think it's fairly common, having recruited for everything from interns to executives, in industries ranging from banking to manufacturing.

[pamela]

I'm in engineering and involved in our hiring process. After your first job, it's not typical to have a GPA on your resume. Our online application still asks for it, but I don't think that's required information to proceed through the application.

ETA: if you don't have a GPA on your resume right out of school, it's assumed there is a reason, ie that it's crap. May not be the same for other fields.

[chessie]

Never heard of someone listing that..employer doesn't care about that..

[niq]

I stopped putting it on mine after 5 years (well, it was 9, since i didn't look for a new job until then). I can't remember if anyone asked for it when i was interviewing.

I wouldn't do it. If i were summa cum or phi beta kappa i might list that.

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[Deleted]

I probably wouldn't unless it is customary in your field, though if you have things that are indicative of a high GPA (like Phi Beta Kappa or summa/magna/cum laude), I'd keep those on.

I've never had a GPA on my resume because my law school didn't have GPAs and it looks weird to only list an undergrad GPA, but many of the job applications I've filled out have asked for GPAs and many firm's I've applied to ask for transcripts (even 8 years after graduation), and some people (including one partner in my group) are picky about grades for those who graduated long ago. If you are applying for jobs that are snobbish about grades and yours are good, it might not hurt to share the GPA.

How high are these GPAs? That may also change my opinion.

[h]

Jan 12, 2013 9:08:39 GMT -5 v said:

I probably wouldn't unless it is customary in your field, though if you have things that are indicative of a high GPA (like Phi Beta Kappa or summa/magna/cum laude), I'd keep those on.

This. If your GPAs are high enough to be really impressive, I would assume you have latin honors, Phi Beta Kappa, or the like that can be a proxy for GPA. I would list that stuff until the end of time, but drop the actual GPA.

[Lilac]

Undergrad was 3.9 (Summa Cum Laude) and Grad School was 4.0, but that school doesn't have any distinctions for high GPA, so I can't list any honors with it. I think I'm just going to just leave GPA/honors off. They are both well-regarded engineering schools, so that speaks for itself.

Thanks for the advice everyone! One of my (trusted) coworkers was reviewing my resume and told me "You HAVE to put your GPA on there!!!" which is what started this whole query.

[Deleted]

Jan 12, 2013 11:06:16 GMT -5 Lilac said:

Undergrad was 3.9 (Summa Cum Laude) and Grad School was 4.0, but that school doesn't have any distinctions for high GPA, so I can't list any honors with it. I think I'm just going to just leave GPA/honors off. They are both well-regarded engineering schools, so that speaks for itself.

Thanks for the advice everyone! One of my (trusted) coworkers was reviewing my resume and told me "You HAVE to put your GPA on there!!!" which is what started this whole query.

I don't know -- I'd think that a 3.9 and 4.0 at well-regarded engineering schools might be worth listing. That's super impressive.

[limey]

I'm an engineer and GPA is always asked for on applications. My last three employers - two fortune 500s and a small business - screen for it as well.

[GailGoldie]

asked for on applications is different than having it on your resume, IMO.

If you are fresh out of college with no job experience - then sure, it might make sense to have it on your resume, b/c your work WAS college, and people might want to know how good you were at "your job"... but once you have work experience- i think it looks immature to have it on your resume.... makes you sound like someone fresh out of college.

[limey]

Jan 12, 2013 11:46:14 GMT -5 GailGoldie said:

asked for on applications is different than having it on your resume, IMO.

I do agree with this.

But, when I review resumes for hiring cycles I don't judge someone as "immature" if they decide to list their GPA.

[Pilsy]

Umm…way to kick ass in school!

[Kore]

I never see GPAs listed on CVs for Ph.D. level jobs.