# Do you put your degrees on your business card? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269 "2016-06-02T00:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/1 "2016-06-02T00:35:02Z")
Sorta related to the honorifics thread: do you put your degrees on your business card? What about professional qualifications? Mine says I’m a lawyer, but no degrees. Being a lawyer is the key point for me. Plus there’s enough crammed in there already: place of work, street address, telephone, fax, e-mail. And French version of everything on the flip side of the card. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/2 "2016-06-02T00:38:44Z")
Yep, mind says rsat3acr, D.D.S. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/3 "2016-06-02T00:42:29Z")
I’m pretty sure nobody cares I have a master’s degree. If I had a PhD, I might put it on though. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/4 "2016-06-02T00:46:36Z")
Yeah, Ph.D. would be significant to many people I would give the card to. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/5 "2016-06-02T00:50:40Z")
Professional designations in my field are important qualifiers. Otherwise, no. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/6 "2016-06-02T03:50:46Z")
It depends on the purpose of the cards. Mine are more to find certain things to purchase than to sell myself to others. That and its just a handy way to get my phone number and e-mail address to people I want to have that information. I guess you could say I use them more as calling cards than business cards. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/7 "2016-06-02T04:04:57Z")
They don’t fit on my business card. So I rolled them up and put them in a box on my bookcase. You can come and see them. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/8 "2016-06-02T04:11:32Z")
I have my name and my professional standing (Advocate)and designation. Why should a degree I took 10 years ago (and counting) be what’s on the card. People care about your experience. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/9 "2016-06-02T06:22:36Z")
My card states my name, with “Barrister and Solicitor” underneath. As far as I’m concerned, “Barrister and Solicitor” says it all; it indicates the degrees I have already. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/10 "2016-06-02T08:22:04Z")
Nope. Nor even that I’m a lawyer or that my firm is a law firm. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/11 "2016-06-02T08:35:53Z")
I don’t need none stinkin’ degrees. kam: TELEMARKETER EXTRAORDINAIRE. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/12 "2016-06-02T09:39:39Z")
Yes. Competitive advantage. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/13 "2016-06-02T09:46:43Z")
Northern Piper, which do you think would be better for a lawyer for local marketing purposes: LL.B. or J.D.? (Or either potential clients would not care because they know they are the same or would not care because they don’t know the difference?) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/14 "2016-06-02T09:52:07Z")
Not my degrees, but I do list my specialties. Just putting “consultant” would definitely not be enough information. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/15 "2016-06-02T10:23:31Z")
My boss told me to add PhD to mine but I keep forgetting to. Supposed to help us acquire new business or something. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/16 "2016-06-02T11:04:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Sorta related to the honorifics thread: do you put your degrees on your business card? > > What about professional qualifications? > > Mine says I’m a lawyer, but no degrees. Being a lawyer is the key point for me. > > Plus there’s enough crammed in there already: place of work, street address, telephone, fax, e-mail. And French version of everything on the flip side of the card. As an academic, yes. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/17 "2016-06-02T12:07:58Z")
No way. I have just a bachelor’s degree and my business card is cluttered enough. Next time I get them printed, I’m hoping to be able to drop the fax number. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/18 "2016-06-02T12:27:28Z")
Yes, even though it’s only a master’s degree (in library science). But then I work at a university, and there is a standardized format that all employee’s business cards have to follow. Degrees are included as part of that format. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/19 "2016-06-02T13:37:41Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Northern Piper, which do you think would be better for a lawyer for local marketing purposes: LL.B. or J.D.? (Or either potential clients would not care because they know they are the same or would not care because they don’t know the difference?) I wouldn’t think it would make much difference, but I’m not a marketing guru. I think it’s just the fact that they’re there. Supposedly the law schools adopted the JD so Canadian grads would be competitive in the US job market. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269/20 "2016-06-02T13:38:58Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > They don’t fit on my business card. So I rolled them up and put them in a box on my bookcase. You can come and see them. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-your-degrees-on-your-business-card/756269.md?page=2)