NEW YORK, NY -- Today, an NYC-based candidate sent me a resume. His email signature read ...
Sincerely,
Joe Candidate, MS, PMP, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CCDP, CCNP, MCSE, ITILF
New York, NY
Tel (212) 555-1212
I don't mean to sound uncharitable, but that's overkill. I can see why a candidate would want to list these terms for the benefit of search engines, but in an email signature it just makes me feel stupid because I don't know what most of those acronyms mean.
Candidates: If you are applying for a position where a single credential really matters (for example, a "CPA" job), then just list that one credential. Less is more.
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