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Listing Your GPA on Your Resume

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Job Search Video

"The Most Important Interview Non-Verbal"

There's more to communication than the words you use so don't ignore the non-verbals during your interview. As always, practice is important so that you don't have to figure everything out when you're at the interview. And learn what the most important non-verbal is in our one-minute-video tip:

www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos/the-most-important-interview-non-verbal.shtml

CollegeGrad.com features more than 60 job tips in one minute video format. Review them all at:

www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos

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Job Search Tip of the Week, by Brian Krueger, author of "College Grad Job Hunter," the #1 book for entry level job search:

"Listing Your GPA on Your Resume"

To list or not to list? The answer to the question is rather simple, yet often ignored. If your overall GPA is 3.0 or higher, list it on your resume. If your major GPA is 3.0 or higher, while your overall GPA is below 3.0, list it as your "Major GPA" on your resume. You can list both if they are above 3.0 and your major GPA is at least three tenths higher than your overall GPA. If your university does not calculate your major GPA, you can do it on your own with a calculator or simple spreadsheet. And always round the number to the nearest tenth. I know the Registrar’s Office may provide it to the hundredth or even thousandth, but this is not an exercise in higher math.

And yes, I am fully aware that if your resume lacks your GPA, it likely means that you missed the coveted 3.0. Be prepared with a very good reason why you fell short. If you are an undergrad, you may still have time to make up for your earlier carelessness in not keeping up your grades.

Next newsletter: "The Greatest Resume Mistake"

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Education Center

"Continuing Education Now Easier to Manage"

Education may have its benefits, but it's still an investment of time. Fortunately, technological advances make earning your degree easier to manage than ever, even if you're working full-time or supporting a family. Online degree programs are booming, both in number and credibility. Many are accredited, and most allow you to work whenever and wherever you can. Even campus-based programs typically cater to a working adult's schedule, offering night and weekend courses.

Browse Top Online Degree Programs:

www.CollegeGrad.com/education

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- Job Search Book Online

There are at least two other entry level Web sites that offer books on job searching, proclaming that they will tell you everything you need to know about entry level job search.

However, there is a very important point about these books they don't mention up front: they cost money.

At CollegeGrad.com, we give you two things they don't:

  1. The #1 entry level job search book ("College Grad Job Hunter").
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It's that simple. So don't buy the hype. Read the real information you need for FREE:

http://www.CollegeGrad.com/book

Don't ever pay for books or reports or resources of lower quality when you can access the very best quality information for free.

P.S. Yes, you can buy "College Grad Job Hunter" in hardcopy format as well at Amazon.com for $15 (actually, 30% off that price), but the online version is better. Why? Because the version at Amazon.com is being continually updated at CollegeGrad.com. So the most current version of the book is actually the online, free version.

Disclaimer: please note that all of the links were active as of the newsletter publication, but some may become inactive over time.


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