When should I use MBA as a credential?
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I have both an MBA and PMP certification. One component of the PMP certification is the ability to add the letters "PMP" after your name. The MBA is a degree, and I thought that adding "MBA" after my name might seem kind of a reach. Since that time, numerous people who I respect (including some of the faculty at my business school) have added the MBA letters after their name, also as if it were a credential. On the one hand, Ph.D. is a degree that is also used as a credential. I also have seen people with masters degrees do the same thing, but I've never seen somebody use a BA or a BS as a credential. I have 3 degrees, an MBA, an MA and a BS. Should I use MBA and MA? Neither and stick with the PMP? How much is too much?!? What is good form here? I am changing jobs in a few we