{"id":12898,"date":"2021-05-18T13:45:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=12898"},"modified":"2023-09-09T08:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T08:38:03","slug":"include-iq-on-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/include-iq-on-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Include Your IQ on Your Resume? \u2014 The Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:16.71875%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you ask someone what an IQ score is, they will likely tell you that it is a measure of one&rsquo;s intelligence. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may lead you to think that an IQ score is an excellent thing to include on a resume! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other types of scores, such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/sat-scores-on-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAT scores<\/a><\/strong> are sometimes listed, so are IQ scores listed in a similar manner?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Should you include your IQ on your resume?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>You should not include your IQ <\/b><b>on your resume. IQ results are difficult to officially recognize because there are many different IQ organizations. Also, boasting an IQ score carries negative connotations in today&rsquo;s society. In short, don&rsquo;t include an IQ score unless specifically asked.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Can&rsquo;t I prove my IQ score is legitimate with a certification?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>You can certainly list an IQ score in the certifications section and include the certification number. The problem lies with the number of accrediting organizations. IQ test centers have no centralized body, so the requirements of one test can differ from that of another.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One organization may have an IQ test of 20 questions and a ten-minute time limit, and another maybe 50 questions with a 30-minute time limit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of a lack of consistency among tests, IQ scores are not easily recognized by employers, and are therefore less useful on a resume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Why You Shouldn&rsquo;t Include IQ Scores on Your Resume<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IQ scores get a bad reputation because they test a very different kind of intelligence. Unlike the requirements of other certifications, IQ scores test innate intelligence by presenting questions about different patterns of shapes and numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tests such as <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/sat-scores-on-resume\/\">SATs<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cover the basics of math, reading, and writing. Exams for a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/six-sigma-on-your-resume\/\">Six Sigma certification <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">test skills in efficiency and waste reduction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exams for a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-include-a-cfa-on-a-resume-the-3-best-ways\/\">CFA designation<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> test knowledge of economics and finances. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are all skills that can be applied directly to a job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because IQ tests do not test directly applicable knowledge, scores are less impressive to an employer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always remember that you should cut out the unnecessary on a resume, and this includes IQ scores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>What negative connotations do IQ scores have?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today&rsquo;s media, the characters who often brag about IQ scores tend to exhibit anti-social behaviors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Characters from popular television shows such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big Bang Theory<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rick and Morty<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> come to mind, and these are not character archetypes that a job-seeker should emulate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These characters also exude a sense of superiority about their intelligence and are often braggarts. Because this negative stereotype is well-known in pop culture, it&rsquo;s best to avoid including IQ scores on a resume.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don&rsquo;t want to give a potential employer the wrong idea about the type of person you are!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>A job ad specifically asked for an IQ score. What should I do?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this rare case, you should include your IQ score in the certifications or the skills section. Make sure you include the testing organization and <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-list-dates-on-resume\/\">list the date<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of certification.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The date can be omitted if much time has passed since the test, but an employer requesting this information may want to see that the score is recent. This can be formatted as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Certifications<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IQ Score 130<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain Power Inc.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(January 2020)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certification #0000 0854 1278<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s how it should look on your resume:<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-300x50.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-1024x171.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-768x128.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-735x123.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-335x56.jpeg 335w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-347x58.jpeg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-520x87.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-640x107.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-960x161.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-1080x181.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example.jpeg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12901 size-full eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20214'%3E%3Crect%20width='1280'%20height='214'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"214\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example.jpeg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-300x50.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-1024x171.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-768x128.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-735x123.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-335x56.jpeg 335w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-347x58.jpeg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-520x87.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-640x107.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-960x161.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IQ-Score-on-Resume-Example-1080x181.jpeg 1080w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also format it in a single line if you wish to save space on your resume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Certifications<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IQ Score 130<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain Power Inc.&nbsp; (January 2020) &ndash; Certification #0000 0854 1278<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ask someone what an IQ score is, they will likely tell you that it is a measure of one&rsquo;s intelligence. This may lead you to think that an IQ score is an excellent thing to include on a resume! Other types of scores, such as SAT scores are sometimes listed, so are IQ &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"","disable-critical-css":false,"_convertkit_action_broadcast_export":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[592],"class_list":["post-12898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","tag-iq-on-resume"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12898"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27338,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12898\/revisions\/27338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}