problem.– How to impress an interviewer with your education
If you completed your education several years ago, the Education section should appear after the Work Experience section and contain fewer details than the Work Experience section.
Here are some guidelines for the Education section:
– Start and end dates: Include the start and end dates of your education in reverse chronological order.
– University details: Provide the name and location of the institute, along with a web link to the institute or department.
– Degree type: Specify the type of degree you obtained.
– Coursework details: Briefly mention the coursework you completed during your education.
– University prestige: If you are sending your CV outside your own country, provide a link to a relevant page on the university's website to give the reader an idea of the level of prestige of the university or organization you attended. Here is an example of a typical layout for the Education section:
Education: 2020–2023 University of Manchester,
UK – Doctor of Philosophy in Information Engineering
– Research in greening the Internet.
Elective coursework included enhanced Internet architecture employing advanced communication service paradigms, protocols, and algorithms targeted at the optimization of energy consumption. Dissertation "A radical energy-aware application for wireless energy reduction" advised by Professor Giuseppe Verdi.
2017–2020 University of Santiago, Chile – Bachelor of Science degree (5-year course) in Electrical Engineering – Engineering coursework included continuous and discrete systems and signal processing, analog and digital circuit design, and computational theory.
Undergraduate thesis project "Wireless Enabled Context Awareness for the Future
Internet."
Note from the example above:
– The information is in reverse chronological order.
– The candidate has not mentioned her high school.
– The candidate completed a 5-year course for her Bachelor's degree, which is longer than the standard 3-year course.
– The candidate only mentioned her thesis title without providing further details because it is self-explanatory. If you finished your education after your first degree and are now looking for your first job, it is normal and acceptable to include your high school. However, if you subsequently completed a Master's or PhD, mentioning your high school may not be necessary.