Credentials after name in email

[LunaGirl22]

Hi! After some opinions...I'm moving to a new job next week and I have a few academic credentials (undergrad, postgrad and professional) that I can stick after my name...

Does it look bigheaded to stick these in or relevant? They are all relevant to my role so it's not like why is that in there?

Just wondering what everyone else though? TIA :)

You would need to say more about what kind of job it is, for people to give opinions. If the job is inside academia, then it is unusual for people to put academic credentials in email. If it is outside, not sure that most on this board could comment much.

Maybe don't add it at first, and wait to see what others are putting, then adjust it?

See what others do. There was a guy at work (teaching) who put BA Hons after his name (you can't teach A levels without it) and we were all tempted to write Swimming Proficiency Test after ours. He had the lowest qualification in the department - no idea why he wanted to draw our attention to it.

I had an email recently from a training course provider and he had every designation imaginable in his email signature. I think we counted something like 36 letters after his name. One of my colleagues said "that's just vulgar" which made me laugh.

Where I work we do use relevant professional designations but people seem to use only the highest level they have, and not degrees apart from one guy who uses his professional designation followed by his BA(Ord) which I always thought a bit odd as he's surrounded by MSc and PHd owners who don't bother.

Emails to colleagues or outside of work (collaborators/authors)?

I don't think it would make you look bigheaded since I imagine you are surrounded by similarly qualified people, but you might look a bit of a dick!

See this isn’t my pint evilharpy, I’ve seen people do the same and I’m like ‘get over yourself!!’ My degree gives me my Professional title, and that and my msc are relevant to my role, I wouldn’t bother putting the credentials not relevant to my job though, think that’d be too much...thinking I’ll just use the relevant ones (3 in total) 😊

Is my point not isn’t my pint...autocorrect is on one!!

The majority of people I work with have BSc as a minimum - no one uses their letters. Except for one poor guy, fresh from Uni who proudly listed his BA. and Desmond grade.

I’d wait until you start and see what the etiquette is.

Wait and see what your colleagues do.

It is more the done thing in certain roles than others but unless it is something relevent but unusual (ie not something everyone else doing the job has) than I'd tend to say no.

I have a PhD and work in pharma so industry based. However, it is generally the done thing to have the signature at the end of emails of: name, PhD, title and department. So as a PP said, wait and see what colleagues do.

Another one who knows a BA (Hons)-er! Are they all male?! Definitely wait to see what everyone else does.