resume grammar

Question

So I am getting my application materials together, and I reworked my resume a bit (after all the grammar prep for GMAT i noticed a mistake or two that i didn't catch before!)

I have a quetsion about the use of sentence fragments, however. All of my friends (successful project managers, marcom directors, business people with lots more experience than i have etc) say sentece fragments are fine and that "I" is an understood subject of the fragments. I have always followed this advice... I am just wondering if this is true. 

My resume's format for each job is basically a short paragraph "Worked on behalf of event promoters to secure local press coverage. Assisted the director of public relations with researching new leads. etc..." followed by a bullet point list of highlights and major accomplishments.

I just want everything to be perfect for my apps. please let me know if fragments are cool. thanks

pelihu · Answer

Yes, that is true. Just keep the tense consistent throughout.

rhyme · Answer

If you mean something like:

* Developed aids cure, resulting in 50% coolness factor increase

vs

" I developed an aids cure which resulted in a 50% increase in coolness

then yes fragments are fine

anonymousegmat · Answer

rhyme,

yes thats the kind I am talking about.

i have another question about resumes. I've never put my GPA on my resume. What are people's feelings about that? And what about the GMAT score? I've heard it is important if you work in finance. I work in marketing (??)

my undergrap GPA was 3.58 in my Major, 3.1 overall.
GMAT 710 48Q 40V.

dabots · Answer

theres no point in putting your gpa or gmat on your application resume if they ask for it in the forms anyway

anonymousegmat · Answer

dabots,

i agree as far as the apps go, but i should have specified that my question was more in regards to an industry resume?

mNeo · Answer

Hopefully your future school's career services will give you enough pointers about the art of resume-formation. So, I wouldn't want to worry about professional resumes post MBA at this stage. Considering that you are asking this question in "The B school Application" section, I just assumed that you were asking about professional resume post MBA.

kryzak · Answer

I'm thinking you SHOULD put your GPA and GMAT on your resumes, especially if the interviewers don't see your application...

dabots · Answer

do they need to know that info?

aaudetat · Answer

If you're GPA is hot-tamales, put it on the resume. That's common practice across all industries. GMAT, not so much. That's just weird. And I think I heard that somewhere - I don't think I'm just making it up.

kryzak · Answer

I don't see how it hurts, and I only see how it helps.

kryzak · Answer

Thanks aau! I know what to do now!

aaudetat · Answer

ah, if only my teammates were so compliant with my wishes. you're a model among men, kryzak.

kryzak · Answer

haha, I *revere* you aau (just like I revere rhyme and pelihu)! Of course I am compliant!

Sounds like B-school is a handful based on your descriptions!

aaudetat · Answer

Bah, it's not so bad so far. I just resent losing control of so much. I'm into autonomy. B-school ain't.

kryzak · Answer

no autonomy? how so? That's something to be worried about...

aaudetat · Answer

oh, it's nothing major and it's probably good for me anyway.

While you don't make much money in nonprofit, one compensation is that you often have a lot of autonomy. For the last 4 years, I've been commander in chief of my own tiny domain. Even my boss didn't know anything about what I did, so she didn't interfere. I could mostly make my own hours and really decide what happened when. Now class schedules and reading assignments determine my days. I'm not used to being coordinated with 431 other people. 

And I never did team work at my old job. I collaborated with people on projects, but most of that was higher-end stuff - big ideas, strategy. The implementation of the projects was more individual. So working in teams is a challenge. 

Basically, I'm used to being a cowboy about stuff, and suddenly i'm part of the pack. Like I said, it's good for me, I'm sure. But an adjustment.

kryzak · Answer

oh I see, thanks for clarifying that. I can see where you're coming from then!

Yeah, my job in the past year have allowed me similar freedom as yours. But I think I should be able to "revert" back into pack mentality if and when I get into B-school. 

Otherwise, how is Duke? So far so good?

aaudetat · Answer

Duke is good. Just finished finals -- we had a 3-week pre-term that was two real classes. Midterms, cases, papers, and two finals yesterday. The damn GIE (global institutions and environments) final took almost as long as the gmat did. Crazy. But I think I did ok. At least, I didn't find the need to cry or bellyache or repeatedly say "It was like getting kicked in the balls, over and over and over again," which are all things I heard. We'll find out when the scores come out.

Duke has been great so far and I am really glad I am here.

kryzak · Answer

Wow, they have a FINAL for a 3-week class? Dang, I thought b-school was supposed to be easy

Does Duke have grade non-disclosure rule? Just wondering.

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