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Dec 1, 2021
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Eddie
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Do people put that on their resume?
Where does it go? Above or below their Eagle Scout Award?
Or do you just look up every job applicant on recruiting sites?
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I know CBers get overly-excited about Stanford degrees, but if a former 5-star recruit applies to work for me I'm going
Odysseus
Head Gamemaker
12/1/21 1:51pm
Do people put that on their resume?
Eddie
12/1/21 1:53pm
I do
Sea Chicken
12/1/21 1:54pm
I'm assuming a line like "played WR for the University of Alabama" would be great to have on a resume
Odysseus
12/1/21 1:55pm
It would if the person making hiring decisions likes football and Alabama.
Eddie
12/1/21 2:00pm
I had a communications class with a star athlete at BYU
Schultz is back
12/1/21 2:09pm
Those seem like much more relevant skills, depending on the where it's going.
Eddie
12/1/21 2:19pm
I got an interview because of a line on my resume “won 17 intramural championships in college”
FromCAtoUT
12/1/21 1:59pm
Very nice. Did he ask you why you were in college for 17 years? 😉
Eddie
12/1/21 2:03pm
The rest precludes you, but the headline made me think I found Jarom Jordan
SoBlueitHurts
12/1/21 4:45pm
People love to hire ex-jocks.
HiLife
12/1/21 2:04pm
several studies have shown the best predictor for success as an orthopedic
Osteotome
12/1/21 2:19pm
No offense, but the Stanford degree isn’t to impress middle management hiring
NOCAL_YFAN
12/1/21 2:19pm
I don't think the analysis is anywhere close to the same between 5-star athlete and pencil-necked math club president
Odysseus
12/1/21 2:32pm
And the networking it provides can be key as well
Tricky
12/1/21 2:34pm
Stanford undergrad is mostly taught by Grad/PhD candidate students.
Mayor of Cougartown
12/1/21 2:33pm
I'm not sure it's a little known fact - I think it's pretty well known that...
Eddie
12/1/21 2:44pm
suppose that's true that Despite the quality not being that great the perceived
Mayor of Cougartown
12/1/21 2:59pm
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