MBA after name? When is it appropriate or not?

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This is an interesting thread. I'm curious to hear why a lot of you think it's only appropriate to list a certification and not an advanced degree. Both require a lot of hard work and dedication. How is it "pretentious" to mention you have a MBA or any other advanced degree, but it's not an issue when a certification is listed? I mainly see people list their certifications and degrees on LinkedIn, work email signatures, business cards, and resumes. Considering all of these are career related I can't imagine why it would be viewed as something negative. I know several people who attended top tier schools and because of this they make sure they highlight their degrees. The only time I think it could be perceived as overkill is if someone always included their degree and certification with their name (even on things not affiliated with their career). Even if this were the case, I would just assume they were extremely proud of their accomplishment and wouldn't necessarily use it against them.

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BA 1 - Name a job where an MBA is required to perform the essential scope of professional functions. You can’t. Now do the same for MD, CPA, and CFA. Notice a difference? That’s why you don’t include MBA after your name. If I’m a recruiter for positions that require the aforementioned certifications or a current/prospective client, it’s important to know the person I’m reviewing is properly qualified without spending unnecessary time digging to confirm. An MBA qualifies you for jack. And this is coming from someone who has an MBA from a top program.

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Only when sending out emails at work.

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Resumes, LinkedIn profile, and business cards. That's it.

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If you are asking this question —> this makes me question a few things.

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SA1, that type of buzziness in your tagline can instantly turn off a decent amount of recruiters (referring to everything but the MBA bit)

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Nevvvverrrr

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I've never done that, seems meaningless & pretentious. I've had one for over a decade.

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Agree with BCG5. Terminal research or medical degrees are the only appropriate ones to generally follow a name on a business card, LinkedIn, resume, etc. Never a masters degree. Certifications can make sense in certain contexts. For example a CFP designation in an email signature might make sense between a financial planner and client. CPA makes sense for an accountant. But I really can’t think of any situation where first name last name, MBA wouldn’t look odd.

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I see a lot of people with it but i wouldn’t put it on my work email. Only thing on my work email is PMP, CSCMP

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Never!

What about CFP (if we are doing the CFA / CPA).

Never. Put it in degrees on resume.

Yuck, don’t do that. Sounds pedestrian. If I see someone put MBA after their name on LinkedIn or email signature, visiting card etc, i immediately judge them. In a bad way. CFA, CPA, FRM okay.

You should only put professional certifications behind your name eg CPA, CFA

Unless it’s a top MBA school, I wouldn’t bother. It’s a dampener if anything. CPA, CFA are acceptable

It screams amateur hour

This is clarification for my previous post. I forgot to mention I know several people who attended average universities and top tier universities, and they both seem to include their advanced degrees for professional purposes.

I have never put anything after my name. I have a CPA and MBA and they are in my bio and LinkedIn, but think it is lame to put on my email or business card

Never appropriate unless you get an online MBA from the University of Phoenix, but then you are probably not on this forum if you got your MBA there..

And I don’t mean it in a condescending manner, just think it’s absurd to mention degrees after your name ( yes, that includes PhD too)

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