The Essay Expert Blog » Education Section http://theessayexpert.com/blog Writing and Editing Services Tue, 15 May 2012 05:24:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Resumes for New Grads: 5 Great Tips to Organize your “Education” Section http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2010/02/06/resumes-for-new-grads-5-great-tips-to-organize-your-education-section/ http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2010/02/06/resumes-for-new-grads-5-great-tips-to-organize-your-education-section/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:41:00 +0000 The Essay Expert http://theessayexpert.com/blog/?p=795 The first thing to know about your Education section is that it probably goes FIRST on your resume (after your header of course). Why? Because it’s what you’ve done most recently, so it is most relevant to your potential employer. (There may be limited exceptions to this rule for recent graduates who have an extensive and relevant work history. If you think you are one of those people, ask an expert for advice.) The following are five useful tricks for organizing your Education section – so you pack in lots of information without taking up half the space on your resume:]]>

I wrote this article for New Grad Life, so it’s catered to new grads, but a lot of the advice is relevant to anyone who has significant items to include under “Education.”  Of course, if you’ve been out of school for 10 years, do NOT put the Education section first (that advice is for new grads only)!  A possible exception is if you are applying for a job at a university where the name of your undergraduate or graduate institution is the most important credential you have on your resume. 

Read here: 5 Great Tips to Organize Your “Education” Section

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