Indeed, no-one cares what you did employment wise while a student..jobs like this do not matter on a CV later on, and will all be much of a muchness to a graduate employer.
Do i have a point or am i being stupid? (Career related!)
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Indeed, no-one cares what you did employment wise while a student..jobs like this do not matter on a CV later on, and will all be much of a muchness to a graduate employer.
Not sure but i personally chose it because i wanted to become a psychologist or psycho-the-rapist...i've changed my mind though.Hence why i feel okay knowing i am still employable even without a relevant degree.
Oh rly?
Psychology is relevant in a number of fields (although a lot of students choose it because they think its a 'trendy' degree). Can we useful in anything from education to marketing as well as the obvious clinical psychologist route.
I did a PT CertHE in psychology. Half of it was really interesting. The other half (hisotical theory) was really boring. At the end of the end of the day, its a social science rather than a clinical science.
A friend of a friend got a job at Goldman Sachs (I think) a few years back. When she started they mentioned: "We liked the fact you worked at McDonalds, but what we liked even more was the fact you put it on your CV".
My CV is largely academic, but I include other bits not relevant to academia simply to make the CV a little different. If there's room (i.e. less than 2 pages), then I don't see the harm in it.
My CV is largely academic, but I include other bits not relevant to academia simply to make the CV a little different. If there's room (i.e. less than 2 pages), then I don't see the harm in it.
But she didn't get the job because of McDonalds. It was her academics, attitude, background, polished demeanour, performance at interview that got her the job. But it could have been McDonalds that set her apart from the other equally qualified (but perhaps life experience limited) candidates.
Precisely. As I mentioned, anything that helps set you apart. McDonalds seemed to do it in this case!
All jobs can be quite boring and monotonus at times, so if your gf can show to a future employer, that she can stick at a job through the bad times as well as the good, she is instantly more employable than somone who has had any number of jobs, even if they are in the same trade.