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Originally posted by ZTAngel
I've always been told that if you're entry-level or if you only have 1-2 years work experience, put your GPA on your resume. It is important at many companies. It's an unspoken rule that if you have below a 2.8 GPA that you do not list it on your resume. If you don't include your GPA on your resume, a company might assume that your grades aren't spectacular and may not hire you based on that. It would suck if you really had a 3.8.
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I agree. I think you should put your GPA on your resume, as long as it is above a 3.0 or so. If the hiring manager doesn't care about GPAs, then they will just ignore it, and if they do care, at least it will be on there. It's better to be on the safe side and include it. My company doesn't have a minimum GPA, but if the GPA is included, it is one more thing to help me weigh the candidates. However, do not send in your transcript unless the company specifically asks for it, which some do. (We got some girl's transcript the last time we were hiring, and I had no idea why she sent it, unless she really wanted us to know that she got an A in History of Modern Dance.)
Study abroad should go in your education section, as Rudey said. Also, as you gain more experience and you're out of school longer, your education section should move to the bottom of your resume and your work experience should go at the top.
One point that really irritates me: Please customize your cover letter for each company. Same goes for fax cover sheets. We had this one guy apply a few times, and each time he faxed in his resume, he had scribbled out the name of a different company on the fax cover sheet and wrote in the name of my company. His resume went right in the "No" pile without us even reading it.
We're hiring again, so I'm sure I'll have some more gems to share in a few weeks.