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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At law school, we were all advised to include our high schools for resumes for jobs in the City or town where the high school is located. This was Harvard Law school, so it wasn't as though we were grasping to find some school to gain us a privileged edge that was lacking.  The reason for including the high school was to indicate in the resume, without the firm needing to read through a cover letter, that we were from the town where the job was located, which would make it seem we would be more likely to stay. Especially in transient cities like Washington, employers may be more interested in hiring people they believe will remain long-term, rather than get DC experience then move back to their home towns. It made sense to me, so I included my area high school on my resume for DC law firms, but not on resumes going to firms in other cities. All turned out fine.[/quote]

If that is what Harvard is advising you, then you appear to be the only one listening.

I've been a lawyer in a top DC law firm for decades and over the years have probably interviewed a thousand law students for jobs, including many, many, many Harvard students.  I can probably count on one hand the number of applicants who listed their high schools, and each time it turned me off.  Any Harvard Law student who lists his or her high school runs a very high risk of being written off by the interviewer as a schmuck.  Why take the chance when there is simply no need for it?  If you really want to let the interviewer know where you are from, [b]put your "permanent" address side by side with your school address on the resume[/b].  I see that on lots of resumes.

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Exactly!  That's how you do it, not by putting your HS down.

And to those that want to continue arguing this point:  What happens to those that attended better known boarding schools?  STA happens to be a 'biggish' fish in the little DC pond, but it's nothing compared to what some of the Harvard Alum attended (Exeter, Andover, etc etc)

STA alums are listing it as a bragging right, not to identified themselves as local kids.  The same reason those graduated from Exeter/Andover would list that info on their resumes![/quote]

Not how you do it if your parents gave moved out if area, or if for any other reason you fontvwsntvyour parents' address to show up as a contact address hit you.  Good God, what's whronc with you very insecure people?  Always looking to put people down and assume the worst, especially if you assume someone is privileged.  Pathetic.[/quote]

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