"Nearly completed an Associates Degree in Computer Science"

[Numenorean]

Would "Nearly completed Doctorate" be more impressive?

 

[shiner]

Would "Nearly completed Doctorate" be more impressive?

I could respect that more, but it is still sort of like saying the Titanic nearly docked at New York.

 

[Ns1]

I could respect that more, but it is still sort of like saying the Titanic nearly docked at New York.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA

:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[child of wonder]

Don't knock the Associates. I graduated high school in 97 and flunked out of college. Couple years later my future wife became pregnant so I went back to school, got an AAS in Network Admin and doing quite well.

I can even afford to have my own house so my son and I can thrown the ole pig skin around.

 

[Numenorean]

Don't knock the Associates. I graduated high school in 97 and flunked out of college. Couple years later my future wife became pregnant so I went back to school, got an AAS in Network Admin and doing quite well.

I can even afford to have my own house so my son and I can thrown the ole pig skin around.

Depending on the market where you are at, an Associates isn't that wonderful.

 

[TridenT]

Don't knock the Associates. I graduated high school in 97 and flunked out of college. Couple years later my future wife became pregnant so I went back to school, got an AAS in Network Admin and doing quite well.

I can even afford to have my own house so my son and I can thrown the ole pig skin around.

Associates in Applied Science is different from a typical AS/AA, bro.

 

[Bignate603]

In general, is it a bad thing to put any hobbies on a resume, in your opinion?

MotionMan

A family friend of ours is a head hunter that often hires people in my field. She looked over my resume the last time I was applying for a job a few years ago and told me to put one line on there that mentioned my hobbies. She said there was plenty there to show I was good technically but nothing that showed I was actually a human being.

Every interviewer used it as a bit of an icebreaker.

 

[alkemyst]

What I find hilarious in these threads is the number of people that have such better resumes but not making much for a living.

It's sad...so sad.

 

[nick1985]

What I find hilarious in these threads is the number of people that have such better resumes but not making much for a living.

It's sad...so sad.

Like who?

 

[xSauronx]

Don't knock the Associates. I graduated high school in 97 and flunked out of college. Couple years later my future wife became pregnant so I went back to school, got an AAS in Network Admin and doing quite well.

I can even afford to have my own house so my son and I can thrown the ole pig skin around.

yeah, you have the degree....he said he nearly completed it, which is worthless, imo, if he isnt currently enrolled with an expected graduation date.

i got an IT internship while i was working on my aas...but i was 3 months from graduation, not 7 years past dropping out.

 

[alkemyst]

Like who?

Yeah, your resume is probably not so good.

 

[nick1985]

Yeah, your resume is probably not so good.

Why is that? Please elaborate.

 

[jman19]

Is something you REALLY should have left off your resume....

Ugh, why did you have to tell everyone? This is really embarrassing for me...

 

[0roo0roo]

context means everything. if it was for some low level help desk position who cares.

 

[silverpig]

As for the hobbies thing: Definitely put them on in an interests/hobbies section at the end. It can be a great talking point, especially if you put something very different on there.

Remember, the interviewer is probably going to be interviewing a ton of people and asking the same questions to them all. Being remembered as "that guy" is a good thing, so long as it doesn't involve any bodily fluids or odours.

A friend of mine put "I love zambonis!" in his interests section. I had "sharp things" (amongst others of course). I got asked about it a lot.

 

[jteef]

I've used a hobby line that highlighted my Hifi audio DIY efforts and never was asked about it or hired from that resume. It's not on my resume anymore.

 

[alkemyst]

Why is that? Please elaborate.

well thinking having $10k on hand as ballah is one thing, but I wasn't really directing this at you to begin with.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

When I'd relate hobbies I usually point out video games, and the technical related issues that arise when fine tuning a machine to play games optimally.
Not always, but it highly depends on the interviewer, and how comfortable I feel speaking about it.
I've mentioned it during my past few interviews.

The job I got in February, I started speaking, then realized I should use example, otherwise leaving off abruptly may be awkward, so explained steps I did in resolving a game related technical issue. After I got the job we spent alot of time talking about video games.

During last interview, dude was around my age so it was easier to come out and blatantly state it as experience.

Other times I'll speak about hiking or geocaching if comfortable & opportunity arises. One of my best interviews I spoke on that. After getting all the BS out of the way, we agreed it was a nice area to hang out in, & I stated I'd be in the area for several hours geocaching. She spent the rest of the interview asking questions about it, I also wrote down the website on my card for her.
If not for car accident, turning the highway into a standstill, making me go from 30min early, to 20min late, I would have gotten that job...

 

[SandEagle]

Would "Nearly completed Doctorate" be more impressive?

those are the ones that put ABD on their resume or behind their sigs

 

[gevorg]

Why not just put "Planning to study for A++ certification". Clear, simple and impressive.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

i agree. i didnt go to college until 10 years after i grad HS. what if that guy was a couple classes away from the first degree and had a 4.0? could have just dumped a decent employee.

perhaps, but ill still take the MIT grad who's got a 3.9

 

[wirednuts]

ive been in the union for 10 years so i could probably just delete my resume. even if i do need to use it someday, people just see "union worker laid-off" and they chuck the whole thing in the trash. word to the wise, if youve worked in a union trade before, just put the name of the company down and leave the union status out of it.

 

[xSauronx]

i agree. i didnt go to college until 10 years after i grad HS. what if that guy was a couple classes away from the first degree and had a 4.0? could have just dumped a decent employee.

if he was that close to graduating, surely he had at least one class that covered resumes at some point and perhaps he would have put together a decent one. i had the topic covered in at least one class, and maybe 2 when i was in a community college, and its not unlikely that the school didnt have job prep workshops and such

worst case, theres google.

education: blah blah community college 2009 - present
blah city, state - aas in computer science, anticipated graduation - may 2011

or something similar
/just sayin; first impressions and all

 

[Gibson486]

I could respect that more, but it is still sort of like saying the Titanic nearly docked at New York.

that made me LOL

 

[Gibson486]

Did this guy make excuses?

Is he from the future?

could be this guy's future...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2157808