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MaRiNe23
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States747 Posts
December 20 2011 04:20 GMT
#1
While re-doing my resume today, I got to the awards section and suddenly I remembered that I got the presidential award in 2001 for academic excellence signed by George W Bush.

So I was just wondering if getting an award signed by the president and considering my young age at the time when i received it would help boost my resume or if I should just leave it off because it's just way too old?

I mean if it was just another A-B Honor Roll I would've brushed it aside as nothing but I feel like this award holds some importance and thought I'd ask here first for some advice before adding it or not adding it.


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Terranist
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2496 Posts
December 20 2011 04:22 GMT
#2
no point excluding it, but a potential employer will mainly be looking at your work history and educational background. the other stuff is filler.
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0123456789
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3216 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-20 04:23:46
December 20 2011 04:23 GMT
#3
Bro I got that award in elementary, middle, and high school, and so have a lot of people I know. Not that special ^_^ They hand that shit out like candy
dongmydrum
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States139 Posts
December 20 2011 04:28 GMT
#4
I'd leave it out since it was too long ago, especially if you got it for academic excellence. I am assuming you are a college student and the rule of thumb is never putting anything that happened before college.
jellyjello
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)664 Posts
December 20 2011 04:28 GMT
#5
My advise is that only put it there if it relates to the job you are applying for. Two things I hate when going through resumes are 1) too long or too much information, and 2) resume that's full of unrelated information. Your resume should be tailored to the job description of the position that you are applying.
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-20 04:49:28
December 20 2011 04:44 GMT
#6
Not really sure what level of education you are at, but I assume High School. As a general rule of thumb, you probably shouldn't include anything not related to the school you are currently attending. If you have a decent list of awards (honours from the previous years) you may want to add it to show that you have been able to consistently perform well. How you present it in your resume is important as well. Never have a section with just one thing, so if you do include it have it as a point under your schooling (unless you have other awards).

On second thought, don't include it. You'll end up with too many awards, and they won't be relevant.
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hkf
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia354 Posts
December 20 2011 04:58 GMT
#7
It is an award given to students who keep an A-average for their time in school (middle school level, high school level)

sounds like a "I got a gold star on my notebook once" kinda deal
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
December 20 2011 05:04 GMT
#8
funny recent story related to resumes, my boss came up to me the other day;

"Rob this guy has "likes to play video games" at the bottom of his resume. Thought you might find that amusing..."

I told him to be sure which video games he likes, if he says starcraft hire immediately, if he says WoW or console games just get up and walk out.
MaRiNe23
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States747 Posts
December 20 2011 05:08 GMT
#9
On December 20 2011 14:04 LuckyFool wrote:
funny recent story related to resumes, my boss came up to me the other day;

"Rob this guy has "likes to play video games" at the bottom of his resume. Thought you might find that amusing..."

I told him to be sure which video games he likes, if he says starcraft hire immediately, if he says WoW or console games just get up and walk out.

Hey haven't seen u on bw lately. Did u and CA alrdy play the grudgematch or u just bak to sc2 now?
We have competitive ladder, strong community, progaming in Korea going strong, perfectly balanced game..why do we need sc2? #1 ANTI-SC2 fan
zeks
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Canada1068 Posts
December 20 2011 05:08 GMT
#10
resume should be about your recent 3 years at most 5
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MaRiNe23
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States747 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-20 05:10:50
December 20 2011 05:10 GMT
#11
And I'm in college so I proabaly won't include it. Thanks guys.
We have competitive ladder, strong community, progaming in Korea going strong, perfectly balanced game..why do we need sc2? #1 ANTI-SC2 fan
Keyboard Warrior
Profile Joined December 2011
United States1178 Posts
December 20 2011 05:15 GMT
#12
In your comprehensive resume may be.

But if is more than 5 years ago, you dont need to include it. Did you get it before college?
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LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
December 20 2011 05:49 GMT
#13
On December 20 2011 14:08 MaRiNe23 wrote:
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On December 20 2011 14:04 LuckyFool wrote:
funny recent story related to resumes, my boss came up to me the other day;

"Rob this guy has "likes to play video games" at the bottom of his resume. Thought you might find that amusing..."

I told him to be sure which video games he likes, if he says starcraft hire immediately, if he says WoW or console games just get up and walk out.

Hey haven't seen u on bw lately. Did u and CA alrdy play the grudgematch or u just bak to sc2 now?


nope I'm full sc2 I dodged bw grudge match, bw too hard lol would take more than 1-2 weeks for me to get back to a competitive level.
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
December 20 2011 05:52 GMT
#14
On December 20 2011 13:28 dongmydrum wrote:
I'd leave it out since it was too long ago, especially if you got it for academic excellence. I am assuming you are a college student and the rule of thumb is never putting anything that happened before college.


I don't really like that rule. My rule of thumb is more like "would you be comfortable bragging about this award to a stranger?" I'd include things like winning an international science fair or global spelling bee in middle school over some meaningless award no one has ever heard of that you received in college.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
dongmydrum
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States139 Posts
December 20 2011 06:18 GMT
#15
On December 20 2011 14:52 ShadowDrgn wrote:
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On December 20 2011 13:28 dongmydrum wrote:
I'd leave it out since it was too long ago, especially if you got it for academic excellence. I am assuming you are a college student and the rule of thumb is never putting anything that happened before college.


I don't really like that rule. My rule of thumb is more like "would you be comfortable bragging about this award to a stranger?" I'd include things like winning an international science fair or global spelling bee in middle school over some meaningless award no one has ever heard of that you received in college.


If it was something really really awesome, then by all means put it in. However, generally if a college student has on his resume something he did back in high school, middle school, or god forbid elementary school, it makes it look like he hasn't been productive in college and has to go far back just to put fill up some space.
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5539 Posts
December 20 2011 06:26 GMT
#16
Where are you applying?
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DarthThienAn
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2734 Posts
December 20 2011 06:44 GMT
#17
On December 20 2011 14:04 LuckyFool wrote:
funny recent story related to resumes, my boss came up to me the other day;

"Rob this guy has "likes to play video games" at the bottom of his resume. Thought you might find that amusing..."

I told him to be sure which video games he likes, if he says starcraft hire immediately, if he says WoW or console games just get up and walk out.

lol i should put that in my resumes ~
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17070 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-20 08:23:22
December 20 2011 08:22 GMT
#18
On December 20 2011 13:58 hkf wrote:
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It is an award given to students who keep an A-average for their time in school (middle school level, high school level)

sounds like a "I got a gold star on my notebook once" kinda deal


I never got this...I was an A/B student. Mostly Bs. ... my college GPA ended up being higher than my high school GPA >_>
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hp.Shell
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2527 Posts
December 20 2011 10:55 GMT
#19
I say leave it out. The only thing that old that I leave on my own resume is my Eagle Scout accomplishment. Anything high school and pre-hs should be left off. And if your college GPA isn't 3.0+ the employer won't care what it is, so you should leave it off if it's under.
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Ciraxis
Profile Joined June 2010
Australia400 Posts
December 20 2011 11:17 GMT
#20
Maybe if you said you got an academic award signed by "a President". Honestly, when I read what you had written it just reminded me how much I disliked Bush, and I'd think that any of your potential bosses might be distracted by hate for Bush drawing their attention away from your main point that you got an academic award. Even if you said you received it by "a President in 2001" would be better than saying you got it from Bush.
TheLOLas
Profile Joined May 2011
United States646 Posts
December 20 2011 13:27 GMT
#21
No need to exclude it. Just throw in anything that makes you look good.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
December 20 2011 13:32 GMT
#22
On December 20 2011 15:44 DarthThienAn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 20 2011 14:04 LuckyFool wrote:
funny recent story related to resumes, my boss came up to me the other day;

"Rob this guy has "likes to play video games" at the bottom of his resume. Thought you might find that amusing..."

I told him to be sure which video games he likes, if he says starcraft hire immediately, if he says WoW or console games just get up and walk out.

lol i should put that in my resumes ~


Do at your own risk. It's funny how a year ago I was brushing up my resume now I'm proof reading other ppls. From one side of it to the other in under a year. Soon I'll be interviewing people lol.
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
December 20 2011 14:09 GMT
#23
I don't see the harm in putting it in as long as
1) it doesn't take away room for more relevant information
2) you're willing to explain about it, or at least tell a decent story, if asked in an interview
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Hynda
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden2226 Posts
December 20 2011 14:17 GMT
#24
Can't hurt. I put the fact that I was the president of the sportsclub at my highschool and people love that shit for some reason. Shows initiative blah blah blah, all we did was eat cookies and get into as many tournaments as possible cause we would get to take that day of school to go much about playing sports. Only reason I was president was cause I lost the rock paper scissors, cause being president required filling out 1 form a month.
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