College

[Prai]

NVQ in customer service is a handy quali to have. Could be the one thing that gets you the job over a douche.

 

[T0MMY]

Public Services Extended Diploma Level 3, you might aswell be prepared to have a gap year or go uni because the public services are not recruiting any time soon due to the recession.

 

[Pottsy]

Gap years are pointless, if you want to do something in the line of education then do it, don't put it off lol...a few people i knew took 'gap years' and they were so focused and set in their ways in terms of jobs and routines that they didn't want to go back to education lol

 

[michaelj:mrj]

FdA Photography and Digital Design

edit - A-Levels in English Lit(c)/Film Studies(b)/Photography(b)

 

[dopey]

College
BTEC National IT Practitioners

Uni
Electronics and Computer systems

both finished and what i want to be in the future is employed!

 

[Nightrider]

No more college for Dan, A levels in It and networking (3 A*) and did my cisco within the course.
-Dan

 

[Tom27]

Currently doing Chefs Diploma L3, extremely good course but quite hard to find a job in the catering industry
atm with all of the restaraunts closing down due to the stupid government cuts.

 

[Liandrin2]

How the hell do BTECs even work? Seems to be a lot more people doing them than I expected.

Are they similar to an A-Level but just in a specialized subject, do they still last 2 years?

 

[JealY]

How the hell do BTECs even work? Seems to be a lot more people doing them than I expected.

Are they similar to an A-Level but just in a specialized subject, do they still last 2 years?

Spot on there mate, and grade-wise they are the same to A-levels but how many depends on which you do. The one I did is equivalent to 3.

 

[Kani]

Yea I also doing a BTEC National IT Practitoners 2 year course and in my second year, been ok except for the ****e teachers we get lol

 

[Tai]

Spot on there mate, and grade-wise they are the same to A-levels but how many depends on which you do. The one I did is equivalent to 3.

And by 'equivalent' they mean according to UCAS...not all universities/employers agree

 

[JealY]

Yeah.

But from what I've found employers are starting to prefer BTECs (ones that are aware of them, anyway) to A-Levels because they specialise.

 

[Xanan]

Not in the areas or industries which prefer you to have been to university. Don't know any jobs that i'd apply for that'd want me to have a BTEC over Alevels.
But i suppose they are more academic jobs (not to be snobby) where as BTEC's are techies/manual usually..
/Gand

 

[Celsius]

BTec's are fine as long as you can explain to an employer why you took one.

If you wanted to specialise in a subject that you knew you enjoyed and wanted to focus on then they will prefer that to doing A-levels which are in no way related.


Not to mention, most employers now just ask for how many UCAS points you got.

 

[Liandrin2]

I wish I had known about them when I did my A-Levels, would have saved me having to do Biology and Physics just to bump up my points for uni.

 

[Gigabit]

Yeah.

But from what I've found employers are starting to prefer BTECs (ones that are aware of them, anyway) to A-Levels because they specialise.

BTECS mean jack nowadays, same with most low end qaulis.

Never went to college, did self study and on the job study.

Now have my MCSA/MCSE and CCNA

 

[mapadale]

Went to college and loved every minute if it, though didn't learn anything.

Left college with IT Level 1 C&G
NVQ level 2 Catering
BII + National Diploma in licensing
BTEC in business management

Since leaving college, I have now gained several more qualifications.

MCDST | MCSA | MCSE
ITIL Foundation
CCNP

Currently working on my Microsoft CRM & Sharepoint


Since leaving college have gained