Email Signatures

Maybe this is not the greatest post but I'm just curious on where to put the certs you've gotten on your work email signature - before or after your title and company info. I can't decide.

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garv221

ruinednation wrote:

Maybe this is not the greatest post but I'm just curious on where to put the certs you've gotten on your work email signature - before or after your title and company info. I can't decide.

lol, no where.

Your Name
Position
Company Title
#'s

JDMurray

If the certification is a really important part of your job title or description at your company, then you'll need to include it after your name like a professional degree. If you have multiple certs/degrees that are significant, rank them in descending order of importance:

John Smith, Ph.D., CISSP, MCSE
Principle Engineer
XYZ Corporation
<phone, email, etc.>

Even certs like A+ and MCP would be valid to list of you are just a tech. (Yes, I know that "MCP" isn't a real cert; it's just a marketing device used by Microsoft to get people to take their cert exams). You or your company will decide which certs are significant enough to your job title to list.

Plantwiz

I agree with both above if you looking for opinions.

Frankly, I'd lean toward leaving them OFF and only including them on resumes to a job specific to that certification, but JD is correct with the listing order

D-boy

my name, A+, Network+, MCDST, MCP

seems a bit much for a Email Signature, but I like it...

johnnynodough

Our company policy is no trailing acronyms, not even Phd. But you can have a Dr. first.