patrickdarlins:
that gpa alone u wrote up there is trash!!!

afolag:
u got it wrong at gpa spot....u never mentioned experience, certification then gpa!!! nah. u wrong, hell wrong. do ur home wrk well

The Op is not wrong, there is nothing wrong in including your CGPA in your CV if you are a fresh graduate with little or no experience but with good grades in school, say at least by 4.00 and above. As you begin to acquire necessary professional experience and other notable achievements and skills, you can then remove the cgpa from the Cv.

I would have loved to include my CGPA on my own Cv had it been I was a bright student back then in school. Unfortunately I struggled like crazy before I was able to make this nonsense third class my village people cursed me with right now.

FriedPlantain

FriedPlantain:
The Op is not wrong, there is nothing wrong in including your CGPA in your CV if you are a fresh graduate with little or no experience but with good grades in school, say at least 4.00 and above. As you begin to acquire necessary professional experience, then you can remove the cgpa from the Cv.

FriedPlantain

patrickdarlins:
that gpa alone u wrote up there is trash!!!

u will loose a potential employee that is capable of turning your company around for good cos of one silly cgpa??

its not what the company has to offer you these days....is what u ve got to offer the company based on experience and smartness....

not one big mumu that graduated with 4.45 cgpa....and still has no competence in his blood!!


NOTE:i aint upset with grades.....i will even love u more if u are smart....experienced....sharp...and still has that charming cgpa of 4.45.....

all what companies wants these days are peeps that are willing and able..to fit in!!!!.....

Chigorkizz:
As a fresh graduate with no working experience,your CGPA should be one of your best selling points.
You people keep talking as if people with juicy CGPA's are not efficient enough.
we have to get our heads straight to start encouraging our younger ones towards making good grades when in school.
If i become a recruiter...i will recruit with juicy CGPA inclusive.

FriedPlantain:
The Op is not wrong, there is nothing wrong in including your CGPA in your CV if you are a fresh graduate with little or no experience but with good grades in school, say at least 4.00 and above. As you begin to acquire necessary professional experience, then you can remove the cgpa from the Cv.
FriedPlantain

soulhighman:
The CGPA aspect is real o. And besides, I was surprised last week after I downloaded a sample CV from the internet and I found out that the person's CGPA was on it. Who says someone with a high CGPA is not going to be efficient and productive? Infact, that high CGPA goes a long way to show how determined and productive you could be although it may not be enough to conclude. But at least, it gives you the edge over others as a fresh graduate.

berildan:


Bro please no hard feelings here, but if you must, feel free to vent your fumes on the firms which employ this screening strategy. I Wonder if you're oblivious to a very common scenario in the labour market, where a recruiter after interviewing two or more candidates for a position, realizes that they are equally qualified (with stellar certifications too) and has to employ their GPA as the only fair means of elimination. Certainly, the 4.95 candidate would be selected over the 4.5 and 3.5 candidates and this happens in several firms every time there are limited spaces with exceptional candidates (which is the norm in today's job market). About "fitting in" and "smartness", just about every candidate possesses these features too, so at some point the recruiter would still need a filter.

patrickdarlins:


aiit....thanks for the enlightenment...

matured response u put up there.

afolag:
u got it wrong at gpa spot....u never mentioned experience, certification then gpa!!! nah. u wrong, hell wrong. do ur home wrk well

bodeoni:
Nice one OP. Buh lemme first say that I don't there are any rules or any general thing that recruiters want to see on a CV. Each CV should be unique and tailored to a particular Job vacancy.
As regards the GPA thing, I don't really think it matters much in Nigeira cos recruiters conduct their own tests and all. But you should know that stating that u had 4.85/5.0 could mean the recruiter would probably use that as a benchmark for your performance in an interview or assesment centre.

magnificcio:

Beautiful, well said!!!

bodeoni:
Nice one OP. Buh lemme first say that I don't there are any rules or any general thing that recruiters want to see on a CV. Each CV should be unique and tailored to a particular Job vacancy.
As regards the GPA thing, I don't really think it matters much in Nigeira cos recruiters conduct their own tests and all. But you should know that stating that u had 4.85/5.0 could mean the recruiter would probably use that as a benchmark for your performance in an interview or assesment centre.

FriedPlantain:
The Op is not wrong, there is nothing wrong in including your CGPA in your CV if you are a fresh graduate with little or no experience but with good grades in school, say at least by 4.00 and above. As you begin to acquire necessary professional experience and other notable achievements and skills, you can then remove the cgpa from the Cv.

I would have loved to include my CGPA on my own Cv had it been I was a bright student back then in school. Unfortunately I struggled like crazy before I was able to make this nonsense third class my village people cursed me with right now.

FriedPlantain

soulhighman:
The CGPA aspect is real o. And besides, I was surprised last week after I downloaded a sample CV from the internet and I found out that the person's CGPA was on it. Who says someone with a high CGPA is not going to be efficient and productive? Infact, that high CGPA goes a long way to show how determined and productive you could be although it may not be enough to conclude. But at least, it gives you the edge over others as a fresh graduate.

Ukeachu1:

the cgpa might count for notin. any reputable firm issues a highly competitive aptitude test for graduate employment. ur score in d test is definitely ur cgpa to them. who cares what ur trashy school gives u. so just pass the test first. make I no read about this issue again for here o. everyone is now a c.v expert.

Ukeachu1:

the cgpa might count for notin. any reputable firm issues a highly competitive aptitude test for graduate employment. ur score in d test is definitely ur cgpa to them. who cares what ur trashy school gives u. so just pass the test first. make I no read about this issue again for here o. everyone is now a c.v expert.

berildan:


If you've followed the discussions in this thread thus far, you'll realize that I've referred to appropriate scenarios where the CGPA would definitely "count for something". I'm really surprised at the number of folks that think that people just work towards a perfect GPA for the sake of it.

Shaakasi:




muhehehe

FriedPlantain:
The Op is not wrong, there is nothing wrong in including your CGPA in your CV if you are a fresh graduate with little or no experience but with good grades in school, say at least by 4.00 and above. As you begin to acquire necessary professional experience and other notable achievements and skills, you can then remove the cgpa from the Cv.

I would have loved to include my CGPA on my own Cv had it been I was a bright student back then in school. Unfortunately I struggled like crazy before I was able to make this nonsense third class my village people cursed me with right now.

FriedPlantain

Ukeachu1:


truth is it does not count at all. there must be an aptitude test

hardbody:

Take heart bro. It is because of people like you that the NUC now wants to remove 3rd class (or is pass degree) from the qualifications 'obtainable' from the Uni. Meanwhile, you can take another degree to correct that first 3rd class you are carrying

afolag:

forget village pple, poor academuc performance ar a result of many things, for all the pple I met on from the western world whenever we discuss education they never go to grades, in my line of duty I met so many of them, u are a graduate thats fine, what was ur discipline thats all. sit down and critically look for a way to turn things around, I dnt knw wat u study but seriously all u need is a few sacrifice by making sure you dnt waste time...whatever you do from now till the end of this year let it be something you could showcase as experience on your CV.

Guys I was trolling, I made no third class in school

FriedPlantain:
Dude stop being naive and ignorant, you don't have to write an aptitude test before getting a job in Nigeria. There are a lot of cases where people submit their CV to companies and they are called directly for an interview. I was once called for an interview by an oil company in Port-Harcourt just few days after submitting my CV - I didn't get the job though.

Ukeachu1:


tot ur d guy witches are hunting from his villa. stop being forceful and tendin towards insult. no body day share money here for supposedly winning an argument. na just talk make I talk o

Are we actually arguing? Sorry if I sounded forceful bro, it wasn't intentional. No vex biko

FriedPlantain:
Are we actually arguing? Sorry if I sounded forceful bro, it wasn't intentional. No vex biko

Ukeachu1:

the cgpa might count for notin. any reputable firm issues a highly competitive aptitude test for graduate employment. ur score in d test is definitely ur cgpa to them. who cares what ur trashy school gives u. so just pass the test first. make I no read about this issue again for here o. everyone is now a c.v expert.