CV - BSc letters or not?

[SteveB_NI]

If you were writing a CV and you had a degree / diploma etc, would you include these immediately after your name - say in the contact bit at the top?

I've included my BSc letters but it looks wrong! - looks almost like it's pretentious etc.

 

[5tephen]

I definitely wouldn't. BSc's are like opinions and ********* - everybody has one.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

Depends on the job. I don't have a degree/diploma so I don't suffer this dilemma.

 

[Raymond Lin]

no, you are listing your qualifications under Education anyway so don't repeat yourself.

 

[KaHn]

no, you are listing your qualifications under Education anyway so don't repeat yourself.

Agreed. Anyone who puts BSc after their name are normally pretensious ass mongers.

KaHn

 

[Deleted member 651465]

..what about MSc 's

 

[KaHn]

..what about MSc 's

Same as my point before, makes you look like an ass monger, if you are chartered then its slightly different.

KaHn

 

[Bakedgoods]

Agreed. Anyone who puts BSc after their name are normally pretensious ass mongers.

KaHn

 

[Zefan]

As has been said - ass mongers, the lot of 'em.

I love that phrase

 

[Johnny]

Use it on your cover letter, also put Hons if you got it

 

[KaHn]

Use it on your cover letter, also put Hons if you got it

We have an Ass Monger

My boss had a word with me becuase I didn't sign my emails with "Structural Engineer".

KaHn

 

[Gilly]

I earned my BSC when I was 6.

 

[KaHn]

I earned my BSC when I was 6.

with or without armbands?

KaHn

 

[SteveB_NI]

lol at the replies - just what I thought - thanks!

hehe Ass monger

 

[Gilly]

with or without armbands?

KaHn

Without armbands. Had my Hons by the time I was 9 too.

 

[stoofa]

I didn't go to university so I don't have that problem.
I do however have Chartered IT Professional (CITP) status and do use those letters.

 

[AthlonTom]

I don't use any of that crap, too many people do it.

However I got an interview for a job once even though I'd written "Awseome" in small letters between my first and second name.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I definitely wouldn't. BSc's are like opinions and ********* - everybody has one.

Which one do you have?

 

[[TW]Fox]

Agreed. Anyone who puts BSc after their name are normally pretensious ass mongers.

KaHn

Normally yes but on a CV it's important.

 

[5tephen]

Which one do you have?

A BSc, why?
If you really must ask me in particular, I was originally down to complete an MSc but dropped down because (a) I knew it would be completely useless after hearing from others who had done it the year or two before and (b) my business was taking off at an amazing rate and I wanted to get out there and take it on full time. And it was the right decision.

People ask me what degree I have, I say Computer Science but then say it taught me almost absolutely nothing related to the work I'm doing in my IT business, I have spent years teaching myself useful, practical stuff rather than uni-based theory tripe.