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oysterbay

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4. Can't that sometimes be viewed negatively?

Reply to Nikia (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 02:44 PM

Apr 2013

I have an undergraduate liberal arts degree plus zero career-related experience in 30 years of working menial jobs. Putting my degree on my resume seems to work as a big red flag - this guy earned a degree and has dome absolutely nothing with it, so there must be something wrong therefore someone we have to avoid.

A PhD on a resume when applying for a masters-level job might put off some employers.

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Should I leave out a degree on my resume? [View all] KansDem Feb 2012 OP

Suggestion carol-wilson Feb 2012 #1

I still think that a PhD would be more of a plus than a minus Nikia Feb 2012 #2

Can't that sometimes be viewed negatively? oysterbay Apr 2013 #4

I think with stable history in the "alternate" field you're fine dmallind Feb 2012 #3