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Does anyone have any insights into the advantages/disadvantages of putting yeshiva education or smicha on a resume. My question is directly mainly to professionals lawyers, health care, businessmen, IT etc. Anyone have any tips for wording for resumes and/or stories about yeshiva/seminary education in a professional non-Jewish environment. Thanks it advance.
I think you need to avoid gaps on your resume, so if you were in yeshiva for 10 years after high school, it needs to be there.
At the same time, I don’t think you should expect employers to think it is anything special–it is at best a neutral.
If you are in school, you might want to ask career services.
As far as how to word it, try to pull out the parts they will be interested in. Like show responsibility positions.
For my yeshiva years I have “Studied Abroad: 2xxx-2xxx”
Depends what profession you are in I think, but sometimes having a unique experience like devoting years to “studying and researching Jewish Law, Philosophy, and critical readings of biblical texts in ancient Semitic languages” can be a talking point that sets you apart. You can bring up the “talmud” is highly regarded as a very difficult and analytical undertaking, often taught in top law schools to sharpen the mind, and standardized in the South Korean curriculum.
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