Re: Resume: Educational relevance in light of actual experience?

["Salette Latas" <salette -at- latasgroup -dot- com>]

Brierley, Sean wrote:
> Along those lines, a friend of mine when interviewing for a technical
> writing job, with many, many years of documented experience in the field,
> was asked to tell what their GPA was when they graduated college with
their
> tech-writing-related English degree. That degree was earned 10+ years
> before.


Sean,

At a prior job, I was not only asked this question on the application, I
actually had to supply transcripts. An HR rep later told me that the company
did not hire anyone with under a 3.0 GPA.

Salette


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