HS on resume poll

[jennistarr1]

Assuming:
Not a recent grad
There has been some education since

[heygrey]

I might include it if it were a prestigious prep high school and had some relevance to the job I wanted. (Alumni connections? idk.) For your average high school, no.


I specifically do not include mine, because I went to high school in the US and I don't like to invite comments about my residency or opinions on American politics with someone I've just met. I have a bachelors degree and certification from postsecondary schools in Canada, all my relevant work experience for the past 14 years is here. There is zero reason someone needs to know about my high school.

[AdaraMarie]

I wonder what "some education" means and the age of the person. If it is a relatively young person and they don't have any other diploma or certification than maybe.

[AJL]

Not after graduating from HS 25 years ago. I wouldn't put that on my resume once I graduated from undergrad. It's assumed I went to HS or have a GED at that point. It's not relevant.

[al dente]

I did prob until 4 years out of highschool. I didn't have a college degree by that point, and was in an industry where a lot of people don't graduate from high school. I also had a really good highschool GPA lol.

I think if a person only has some education and highschool is the last thing "completed" it makes a little more sense then have half a degree on the resume and looking incomplete.

[sonrisa]

Not unless you are actually interviewing for a job at that high school (or a related school - same system or something). Iin that case, even listing your preschool might be relevant. (The director of my kids preschool attended it herself as a kid as did a few of the teachers, lol.)

[penguingrrl]

Generally no, assuming you have a college degree or technical ed or training.

For the first few years out of HS it might make sense, particularly if you aren’t pursuing higher education or not finished yet. Or if you’re applying for a job within the district so being an alum would be relevant.

Once I was in college I put my college information, nothing expected graduation date until graduation, then simply year of graduation.

[SwimDeep]

No. I was home schooled, so I think I listed my GED for jobs I worked during college. As soon as I graduated I dropped that because that's not where I thought the focus should be.

I can see how the info might be relevant in certain situations (and I'll talk about it in interviews if I'm asked, but I keep the answers pretty brief). At this point in my career, my high-school education has no weight at all beyond being an interesting footnote that might/might not come up in conversation.

[ECB]

Initial response, no. I went to public school and once i went to college, etc, don’t see the point.

BUT where i live, private high school is a big deal. I would think that if looking for a job in this area, i may list it because people will notice and it’s common ground.

[mae0111]

I kept my HS on my resume for about 5-6 years out of college. I went to prep school and it was a real conversation starter, much more so than my college. Almost every interviewer knew someone that went to my school, or went to another school in the very small league, and had played some kind of sport at or against my school. It absolutely helped to get the conversation flowing and I think it helped me get a “second look” when hiring managers were deciding.

So I think there are cases where you keep it on for a little while.

[1yeartogo]

If they are very young and/or the job requires a HS diploma this is probably their way of showing that. Especially if no other degree has been completed.

[jlt19]

Absolutely not, at least in my city (St. Louis). We have this weird thing here where one of the first 5 questions anyone asks anyone is where they went to HS. It's partially to see if you know people in common, but mostly to judge someone on where they went.

I went to college in Florida and there was ONE other kid from St. Louis there. He wrote me off the second he heard where I went. There is such a divide here between private and public schools here (or there was) it's insane.

[Jalapeñomel]

No unless you graduated a year or so ago.

[mambo123]

I used to review MBA applications for a nice school on the east coast, so people were inching on 30 or 30+ and I would only see prep schools listed, names you would know.

[bittybomb]

I went to a prestigious college prep school with a great alumni network. I have it listed in the additional information section as alumna of XYZ Academy.

[simpsongal]

My DH went to a very prestigious HS and he didn't put it on his resume after law school. If you are trying to tap an alumni connection or something, I think you can mention it in the interview (or maybe the cover letter....but that's probably a bit much).

[wildrice]

I went to a public high school in the far suburbs of Chicago, so LOL no. Nobody cares. Most people out here wouldn't have any clue that place existed.

I doubt I'd hold it against an applicant if they did list it, but it's just pointless information taking up real estate IMO.

I guess if this person does not have a degree after HS and doesn't have a lot of job experience, it might be worthwhile to list, just to show they did complete HS. If they have a lot of employment experience, though, that would be far more informative.

[mustardseed2007]

I definitely have seen law firms list attorney's high schools on their bio page on the firm website. But I don't know if these same guys would list it on their resume.

By the way, this swings both ways on the prestigiousness (not a word) of it. Sometimes they list it to be like "look I went to fancy pants school!" and "look, I went to this local public high school, I'm from this neighborhood and I understand you."

[msmerymac]

Margaret Sullivan, former public editor of the NY Times, went to my high school and used to have it listed in a cheeky way on her twitter bio (as former editor of the high school newspaper), but hey, that's twitter.

[erbear]

SS here. I went to an independent school for high school. When I am applying for jobs at private schools, I add my high school name, because it establishes that I have experience in these schools. I would not in other jobs.

[arehopsveggies]

I’m applying for jobs right now. It isn’t on my resume, but every application has wanted it.
For a job that requires a degree so it isn’t like someone is applying without at least a bachelors

[bex1973]

No. If someone wants to include it to establish a connection it's more appropriate in a cover letter.

[irishbride2]

No....even when I applied to the school I graduated from. I did included it in my cover letter in that specific case.

[definitelyO]

no - unless you're applying for a job right out of HS or for a job AT your alma mater. I wouldn't even include it after graduating from college.

[jennistarr1]

Apr 23, 2021 6:03:39 GMT -5 ECB said:

Initial response, no. I went to public school and once i went to college, etc, don’t see the point.

BUT where i live, private high school is a big deal. I would think that if looking for a job in this area, i may list it because people will notice and it’s common ground.

If memory serves, I think we are local to each other

But that is his argument for it. He thinks some one will look at his resume and hire him because of the affiliation to private school

In this case, he is helping my uncle with his resume and recommending he include his public high school. I think it will only serve to put an age on him and unlikely someone will be like "hey I went there too"

[glw]

I don't put my HS on my resume because it was a tiny rural school in another state that I'm not necessarily proud of. MH puts his HS on because it's a prestigious private school and that's definitely a "thing" here-- it could mean getting an interview from a fellow alumnus. We both put our sorority/fraternity membership on our resumes for the same reason.

ETA: I feel like my fellow Maryland residents will understand that when someone asks, "where did you go to school?" here they mean high school, and it will result in a conversation about who they know who went there and whether or not you played lacrosse. 

[bex1973]

You are right, your uncle should not include it.

[flygirl]

If he has a college degree, I would not include it.

[Deleted]

lol - no.

[UMaineTeach]

Apr 23, 2021 9:07:55 GMT -5 arehopsveggies said:

I’m applying for jobs right now. It isn’t on my resume, but every application has wanted it.
For a job that requires a degree so it isn’t like someone is applying without at least a bachelors

So many teaching applications ask for a copy of your HS transcript. I better not lose the copy I have, because the time limit for a public school to hold onto my records has long passed. Things were barely electronic then.

My first answer was no. Now I’m swayed by the age of the person, what some more education means, and the level of education required for the job.

I don’t think it will hurt anything to leave it on, but it probably won’t help if it’s a job that requires more the HS diploma and it was a generic school.