# Can you critique my resume?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-critique-my-resume/573045>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 1, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-critique-my-resume/573045 "2011-03-01T07:57:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-critique-my-resume/573045/21 "2011-03-03T01:36:50Z")

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I’m pretty sure my advice can be safely ignored since I’m more of a Dad than an advisor.

You were valedictorian. You did 4.5 years of “coursework” at Purdue w/ 3.6 GPA and you don’t have a degree…any chance of finding a way to get that degree? How  
much more stuff do you have to complete? Can you do it part-time or anything?

From a life perspective, surely it’s the better investment. From an employer’s perspective, getting that far and bailing is, in my opinion, a major red flag against you, as opposed to “Well, she’s almost degreed.” FWIW, for me it just raises a flag that you didn’t finish.

My 2c; possibly worth less than that.

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