What about using the honorary title after their name? Professional or bogus?
2006-07-06 07:24:49 · 8 answers · asked by randyboy 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I don't have one myself. Maybe what I don't understand is how can you "earn" something and call it "honorary"?
2006-07-06 07:39:29 · update #1
I think the average person will puff up anything that's on their resume, and adding something official looking will puff it that much more.
Having said that, I think honorary degrees are one of the stupidest things I have ever heard of. Seems, that if a person is noticeable, and the right people notice, well, by golly gee, let's give them a big fancy certificate to hang on their wall.
Well hell...my whole life I've had animals, and during the seventies I did lots of drugs. Does that mean I should get a Doctorate of Veterinariary Medicine degree, or a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree?
That's like giving a kid a driver's license because they drove their pregnant mama to the hospital in their daddy's GTO. Sure, it was impressive, but it doesn't mean they know how to drive!
2006-07-09 02:23:18 · answer #1 · answered by persnickety1022 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can certainly list the degrees, but it would have to be in a section titled "Honorary Degrees."
Honorary titles are not used after the name.
2006-07-06 07:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by PermDude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't believe of so. those with medical tiers labored demanding to understand understanding previous the fundamentals in technological know-how. Being a severe college graduate, or having difficulty-free experience once you're nevertheless guidance that, should be adequate. i do not choose an honorary degree to describe the greenhouse result, the muse of species, or some thing else you may clarify in a pair minutes.
2016-11-01 07:54:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a self inflated ego trip. If they truly earned a degree and was good at what they learned then they would not need any honorary degrees.
2006-07-06 07:29:37 · answer #4 · answered by ATP-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From an HR professional - they look good and you should list them as long as you have earned them but do not think that I will not ask what they mean and who can I verify them with. I check all of that stuff before hiring anyone.
2006-07-06 07:33:46 · answer #5 · answered by jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bogus. Somehing not earned is not really honorable IMHO.
2006-07-06 07:28:15 · answer #6 · answered by mogwai_b4_midnite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bogus
2006-07-06 07:29:38 · answer #7 · answered by gramcracker541 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
their bogus.
2006-07-06 07:27:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋