Listing degree on resume

[cookderosa]

You ALWAYS list your education that is in progress along with anything already finished. Here is how you list an in-progress degree (which yours is until you've completed your last credits post) and I'm making up a grad date, I don't know when yours will be.

Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, NJ
AAS in Environmental, Safety & Security Technologies
expected completion: July 2013

ABCD High School, My Town, IL
Diploma
May 2010



You need to send a cover letter with your resume/application. Everyone does this as they near graduation. It can say something like "My name is Def Scarlett and I will be graduating from Thomas Edison State College on June X, 2013 with an Associate degree in Environmental, Safety & Security Technologies........I would like to be considered for the position of X..........blah blah blah.........I look forward to talking with you regarding my candidacy for this position."

Now, if you are applying to work at Walmart, you don't list that you have the degree. But, if you are applying for a degree in your field that wouldn't start until AFTER you have this credential, then I'd check "yes" on the online applications which require a simple yes/no check-box answer. Many applications allow you to enter your graduation date, in which case you can post-date it to your expected date. So, you'd check "yes" but then on the question asking the date of graduation, you'd mark June 2013 (or whenever it actually will be).

Good luck!! The job market can be brutal! I'd also suggest the newest What Color is Your Parachute, your library has it. Really, really, really great resource!