True. The layout is derived from a time when all I had were qualifications and I haven't re-evaluated since then, just grown and added the commercial experience section.
I think I'm going to leave education at the top though. I think my university has good initial impact on the reader. People raise their eyebrows when they see 'Oxford'. This is a good thing. I do personally believe the commercial experience can be more important for most jobs, but I still want to draw attention to my academic background.
I completely disagree with this one and it's been a bone of contention in the past.
The majority of clients I deal with prefer to see the education & relevant qualifications listed first if the candidate has left University within the last 5 or 6 years.
Once again it's a matter of opinion but I have researched it a bit and this seems to be the general consensus.
Curious, my background is in a fairly similar area to you, I've worked as a developer for investment banks and financial tech firms. Generally I get the feeling that if a candidate is at an associate or higher level then work experience is more important.
From my experience (and I suspect most developers would agree) real world development experience is a much better indicator of performance than university.
Are the candidates you normally field changing sectors ? - in the case that a candidate doesn't have industry experience I can see why a company might want to see educational background first, but it seems strange that a company would care more about educational level than directly relevant experience.
Presumably if you're applying for jobs related to your education that aren't related to your first "proper" job then you'd mention your education first, no?
I'm guessing something along those lines led you to specify this as a generalisation.
Yes. Actually the general rule is put whatever's going to sell you most first. If your education is more relevant than your current job then I agree that you should put that first.
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Generally you only put education first while you're still in education, after your first proper job you put that first.
True. The layout is derived from a time when all I had were qualifications and I haven't re-evaluated since then, just grown and added the commercial experience section.
I think I'm going to leave education at the top though. I think my university has good initial impact on the reader. People raise their eyebrows when they see 'Oxford'. This is a good thing. I do personally believe the commercial experience can be more important for most jobs, but I still want to draw attention to my academic background.
I completely disagree with this one and it's been a bone of contention in the past.
The majority of clients I deal with prefer to see the education & relevant qualifications listed first if the candidate has left University within the last 5 or 6 years.
Once again it's a matter of opinion but I have researched it a bit and this seems to be the general consensus.
Curious, my background is in a fairly similar area to you, I've worked as a developer for investment banks and financial tech firms. Generally I get the feeling that if a candidate is at an associate or higher level then work experience is more important.
From my experience (and I suspect most developers would agree) real world development experience is a much better indicator of performance than university.
Are the candidates you normally field changing sectors ? - in the case that a candidate doesn't have industry experience I can see why a company might want to see educational background first, but it seems strange that a company would care more about educational level than directly relevant experience.
Presumably if you're applying for jobs related to your education that aren't related to your first "proper" job then you'd mention your education first, no?
I'm guessing something along those lines led you to specify this as a generalisation.
Yes. Actually the general rule is put whatever's going to sell you most first. If your education is more relevant than your current job then I agree that you should put that first.