Which of these three terms is the most relevant in a resume?
Should any be avoided?
For clarity, I do understand the irony of pretending to be a self learner posting questions on StackExchange, thank you.
Learn English – Self-Learner vs Self-Taught vs Autodidact
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In reference to "complaint", they are virtually identical in meaning. Usage preference is a matter of chronology and which-side-of-the-pond:
- "File a complaint" is more common in American English since about 1950; before that, "lodge a complaint was more common.
Google NGram American English corpus
- "Lodge a complaint" has been more common in British English, but "file" has been gaining usage rapidly (in written works) since about the 1970s, and overtook "lodge" in about 2000, but lately they seem to be running neck-and-neck.
Google Ngram British English corpus
I can't speak for Canadians, Australians, etc.
Best Answer
self-taught: I would use this with reference to a specific subject/technology/whatever which I had taught myself: I am proficient at X (BMgc, Unseen University), Y (Dip, University of Krull), and Z (self-taught) or I taught myself Z or I am a self-taught expert at Z.
self-learner: I probably not use this word, but if I did, I'd use it to describe a general temperament, rather than a specific piece of self-teaching: I am a self-learner. (It would be better, probably, to say that you were a good learner, and self-motivated (or, in the language of résumés, a self-starter).)
autodidact: I like this word, but, depending on what you're applying for, it might be too hifalutin to go on a CV.