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Originally Posted by New World Order
How important is putting your GPA on a resume? Can it help get the job?
I have a job now, but it wouldn't hurt to know this for the future.
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I suspect that some hiring people don't care and others do. It probably matters more on some jobs than others.
In my field, I value native intelligence and work ethic, and I think that gpa is a good measure of the combination. A high GPA in a hard major really impresses me, and a low GPA will pretty much knock a person out of the running.
If I don't see a GPA, I'll ask, and then I'll be skeptical about whether you're telling me the truth. If you're young and you say something like, "I don't remember exactly, but it was around a 3.0", I'm going to assume it was a 2.5. So I'd rather see a GPA on the resume.
If you're 30 years out of school, other things may be more important, but I still like to see it because I think it measures a lot.
Also, I don't care about grad school GPA because I don't think I've ever seen one under a 3.7. I wish the grading in grad school mattered more.