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Module 6 talks about the Education & Training sections of the CV by recommending that you start with formal education before listing training qualifications. Previously my CV has always had this in a chronological order from most recent to oldest, I’ve tried re-ordering it as recommended and to me it looks odd, the reason being is that my last educational qualification (HNC mechanical engineering 12 years ago) has only a secondary relevance to my most recent roles (Project Management/PMO Support in an engineering organisation) and this has pushed what I feel to be the more relevant items (APMP/PRINCE2/SAP/P6) lower down the list.
Are there times when listing formal education first isn’t the best thing to do for your CV, or from a recruiter’s perspective should it always be written this way? If not, what are the other things to bear in mind when listing out education and training?
and to finish up, I’ve got a long list of other qualifications that probably have no relevance to current or future roles other than to demonstrate an ability to learn. I’d actually include my GCSEs from 1996 in that camp even though they’re now in the Education and Training section up front. Is there any value in keeping these in the CV, or should I take them out to give more space to details on my work history?
Hi Kev
You could switch them around if that’s what your gut instinct is saying so Training and Education – you’re right in that training will become more important as time goes on. As long as I can clarly see the education I’m fine with whatever order. Have you got that seperate? Education stuff and then the Training stuff?
With early education stuff like GCSEs, most people will just go with their last level so degree or HND – it comes down to how far along in your career you are and yes, works history becomes far more important.
The trick with these parts of the CV is to go with what works for you as well – like you said, if it looks odd, change it because its just going to annoy you 🙂
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