The prominence of the education section of your resume will vary based on where you are in your career. For example, if you're a recent graduate seeking an entry-level position, you'll likely place this information near the top of the document because of your lack of professional experience.

As your work history develops, however, details about your academic career can move toward the bottom. Prospective employers are more likely to be interested in your recent professional accomplishments than academic achievements from long ago. The following job seekers, all of whom have been in the work force for more than five years, included irrelevant information from their teenage or childhood years:

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"EDUCATION: I took all of the required classes in high school, including government, literature and history of rock."

Did you study geology or Led Zeppelin?

"EDUCATION: I won an award for an essay in first grade and got my picture taken with the principal. That was a big win. My parents took me for ice cream."

A "sweet" victory.

"EDUCATION: In junior high, I wrote and directed a play based on Greek mythology."

A Herculean accomplishment.

Moreover, keep the education section simple. List the institution, degree earned and graduation date. These candidates went off track by waxing poetic on the topic of education:

"EDUCATION: I'll be honest, I learn from experience, not the classroom. What I learned in all of the classes I took diluted my talent compared to what I was producing before I took the classes. So, what I learned was good to know but will never be used."

Good to know, indeed.

"EDUCATION: Coming from an educated background, I feel that America's education system is OK. I also feel that paying for education in certain cases is cool."

Cool.

Finally, does this candidate hold a Master of Arts degree, or was he home-schooled by his mother?

"EDUCATION: Ma."