On a job application, what are they looking for in the education section where it says "years completed?"

Question

Are they looking for dates like 2002-2005, or numbers like 2 or 4? The columns are school, course of study, years completed, and degree.

Answer 1

Numbers of years completed

Answer 2

I believe it means the number of years (e.g. 2, 4, or 6 years) that one has completed a post graduate course, a secondary course, an elementary education, etc.). If the form asks for info on dates of attendance, it usually puts in the column "inclusive dates of attendance" or "date started" and "date completed". Putting "years completed" as a column title is really bound to confuse applicants because it can be interpeted two ways. Some application forms are really made very explicit and clear and well crafted by some HR. Other application forms are not. To play safe with ambiguous questions, applicants have to give more information or qualify their answers.

Answer 3

The number of years completed.

Answer 4

Just answer the question:

If regarding elementary school, 8 means finished eighth grade.

If secondary, 4 means matriculation, (5 means Senior Matriculation if you've finished grade 13. (Not used often nor is Junior Matriculation - Grade 12)

Post Secondary - 4 means Bachelor Degree.

6 can mean Master's Degree, or MBA (Master of Business Administration) or similar.

8 means Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy.

8 or more means you couldn't find a job so you stayed in school as a Post Graduate student and joined a think tank.

(It really means you spent too much time in school and couldn't remember how to get up in the morning to go to work).

Answer 5

I would guess they're looking for the number of years of study, not the dates, otherwise they would have asked for date completed or something like that.

Answer 6

I think you just put the number of years completed there.

Answer 7

I'd assume they are referring to the number of course years;

i.e. level of instruction.

If they wanted calendar dates, it would say "Year completed".

They're also not asking how many years it took to complete.