Good luck As/A Level students with your exam results today? (mine are, although i know already, i failed lol 
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Doesn't matter if you fail or get uber results. End of the day look at how many students are coming out with degrees getting 1:1 or even masters. They can't get jobs due to there not being any available. It's who you know whats the important thing nowadays! Not exam results! Mwha x
Guy who come out of school at 16.
Guy who put the effort in to stay the extra few years.
I know who I'd rather employ.
- Jan 14, 2004
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Known fact Elmo!
Except it isn't a fact, it's bull****. Grades aren't vital and people can do fine without but they help, maybe look it up once you've figured out what a fact is.
I'm suprised you can't get a job easily Farphit, I had a choice of 3 places willing to hire me when I left 2 years ago.
My sisters having a similar problem and can't even get interviews but that serves her right for getting a politics degree.
I guess it's just the current jobs climate
, uni leavers are getting screwed at the moment.Good luck people, my sisters getting her results today as well.
So someone who is now 21, been doing the job/similar job for 4-5 years, has lots of experience and good reference.
Against
Someone who studied for 4-5 years, just finished uni, only experience he has is working in a shop/bar (example only), but has a qualification.
You would seriously choose the student?
Because I know plenty of companies that would choose the opposite to you. Going by the fact I know people who struggle to find a job in what there qualification is for, as they hire someone with experience.
People without degrees always have a chip on their shoulder when talking about higher education. The fact remains that obtaining a degree can be one of the most worthwhile and satisfying experiences in life. A lot of these posts read 'I left education and I'm bitter to hear that people choose to study further than I have'.
Good luck to you all!
Good luck to you all!
- Dec 29, 2003
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Lucky you're not working in recruitment then! Education unfortunately doesn't count for a whole lot in the real world, it gets you a foot in the door but experience and skill gets you in the room.
I left school at 16 and started my career. 5 years later and I now work as a systems developer earning in double what my uni friends have started on if they've been lucky enough to get a job, not to mention that i've been earning for the past 5 years and as a result have my own mortgage and a nicely fitted place. And I really don't know where you get the impression that education is more effort than work.
Not to say you shouldn't get further education, in some cases it's completely mandatory should you want to become a doctor or a lawyer, or as an example some of the guys here have done computer science which will get them far in the industry. But if you go to uni and get a degree in psychology and history then apply for a job in an office it's really not going to benefit you much, especially if 'some 19 year old' has had working in an office for the past 3 years instead of going to college.
Totally agree with you mate there all getting in det for good grades which may not come to use when trying to get a job
- Jun 18, 2004
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That's why i went straight into work after leaving school to be an apprentice. In the Architectual business for three n a half years. Getting my qualifications payed for and now realising it wasn't for me and am now on the stage of becoming a student paramedic.
Uni being a big thing nowadays is well in the past, it's a business to try and get as many people on as possible to pay for there over-rated salaries.
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I'm currently at college but I'm not going Uni - reason being is;
Guy who's been to college and has 3 years of work experience under his belt
Guy who's been to college, went Uni & has no idea of anything to do with the working world.
I know who I'd rather employ.
Guy who's been to college and has 3 years of work experience under his belt
Guy who's been to college, went Uni & has no idea of anything to do with the working world.
I know who I'd rather employ.
i did 2 year at college got my btec first deploma and i still couldnt get a job lol so ive been working in crappy wearhouse for over a year