<p>I'm trying to help my niece with her job resume and I have some questions and wanted to know what people thought:</p>
<p>1) Do you have to put your GPA on your resume?
2) If you do, can you divide your GPA up by giving one GPA for your major and one for your overall GPA? (Of course she wants to do this because there is a signifcant difference- ie. Major GPA=3.8 overall GPA 3.3)
3) If you work during the school year, and your working on average 30 hours per week, should you stipulate this. For example: Work on average 30 hours/week and balance a full course load.<br>
Or does that sound petty?</p>
<p>You do not ‘have’ to put anything on a resume. Put GPA if you think it will help…that is a respectable GPA so I would put it. Many people break it out between major and overall…most hiring managers I have worked with are only interested in overall but do what makes her look favorable. Breaking it out is not unheard of. And if she works 30 hours per week consistently you can include a brief statement saying so…particularly if she is self supporting.</p>
<p>I only put my major GPA + overall GPA if I am applying for a very specific position in regards to my major. Otherwise I keep it at just overall GPA just to show that I am hard-working and it will apply in any workplace. I do not put my average hours, but I do mention it in my cover letter or interview since it’s a great example of time management skills. </p>
<p>I mean, if there’s room on the resume for the extra things, I would just say go ahead and add it. But if there’s already a lot of info, I feel like the GPA and hours could be better explained elsewhere. I believe the most important thing here would be the experience and job duties performed. And skills.</p>
<p>I would second this. When I’m reviewing resumes I don’t care to see someone’s GPA unless they majored in something directly relevant to the job for which they are applying. I have never seen someone put the number of hours they worked on a resume, but mentioning your time management skills in the cover letter and how you managed to keep a 3.xx GPA while working 30+ hours a week and being active in clubs, etc., might be impressive. It also demonstrates more developed work skills than someone who only works 10 hours a week, so your niece can elaborate on that as well.</p>
<p>For a professional resume, I think weekly time-commitments and GPA are both optional.</p>
<p>If you include that something was, for example, 40 hours a week, I would definitely not include it as a bullet-point. The position heading would be best. Alternately, you could designate the positions as part-time or full-time. Again, I don’t think you need to include this at all. If it’s employment you undertook while you were a full-time student, as long as the dates are there somewhere on your resume to indicate when you were employed and when you were a student, they’ll be able to put two and two together. I second what NovaLynnx said–that maybe what you’re trying to convey is best as a testament to your time-management abilities in a cover letter or an interview.</p>
<p>As far as GPA goes, I have heard so many mixed opinions on this. My school’s career services office told me to include my GPA if it was above a 3.0. A staff member who reviewed my resume when I was an intern said to include it if it was above a 3.5. I polled my Facebook friends and about half said include it if it’s good; half said just leave it off. If you have Latin honors (cum laude, etc.) that imply a 3.5 or better, you could state just “magna cum laude” instead. I second what lullabies said–major GPA only if it’s relevant. If you’re just including it to inflate the way the GPA is perceived, I think that’ll be transparent.</p>