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nstortoni

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When to take HS off your resume
« on: Jun 16, 2014, 03:08 pm »
I've heard that generally, after your sophomore year of college, it is a good idea to consider removing high school credits from your resume. Not that high school experience isn't important; often students gain a lot of knowledge and experience in high school. I took mine off gradually as I got more experience at the college level, transitioning to simply listing highlights, and then omitting my high school altogether. Does anyone have any thoughts about when it stops being appropriate or relevant information? What about college experiences?

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Re: When to take HS off your resume
« Reply #1 on: Jun 16, 2014, 03:25 pm »
Once my CV didn't look 'empty' without school/university, I took them off. So, school came off my CV around halfway through my sophomore year, and then university shows came off my CV about a year after graduating - while still leaving my degree on!

This seems to tie in with what you hear, but it's purely coincidence. I have classmates who took their uni shows off earlier, or later, depending on the number of professional credits they had.

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Re: When to take HS off your resume
« Reply #2 on: Jun 16, 2014, 04:41 pm »
My college shows came off my resume about a year and a half after graduation, but I will occasionally still list some shows from college, depending on the job- I did a bunch of musicals then, but haven't done very many professionally, so if I'm applying for a musical I might add a few of them back in.
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