Graduated with a 1st, no job
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What University were you at?
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I hate you, you have a 1st? I got a 2:2, its more or less like NOT HAVING A DEGREE.
fml.
fml.
A "graduate scheme" is not a profession
. It depends what you're doing, a graduate investment banker could be on six figures within three years whereas you'd be lucky to be on £25k+ after three years on a HR graduate scheme.
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Business related degree with a 2:2?
An engineering one.A "graduate scheme" is not a profession
It does make it difficult these days, half the things you go to apply for won't even let you apply as soon as you put 2:2 in the form, and that's hardly 'prestige' stuff either. So so many companies these days just don't want to even contemplate you.
You shouldn't use a 2:2 as an excuse.
There are far too many people with "no can do" attitudes in this world. If you want to succeed, you must be prepared to work hard and leave no stone unturned in your quest to find a job (related to what you want to do).
I find that a lot of youngsters (out of uni), lack confidence and belief in themselves and this shows in interviews and even application forms. This means that they lack the ability to sell themselves. In essence, during an interview you are a salesman, selling yourself. If you lack confidence and belief in yourself and your product (ie. you) you won't make the sale.
I admit that there are many graduate jobs which bar you if you get a 2:2, but that is no excuse for you to be jobless.
If you keep telling yourself that you won't succeed...you won't.
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Not true, I got my job I have today with a 2:2.
I'm not, i'm doing perfectly well with mine now, but that doesn't change facts.
Increasingly with a 2:2 many companies these days won't even let you apply, something I personally experienced a lot after finished uni. Being the best interviewee in the world is no help when you can't even fill out the application form.
Thanks for assuming I am a jobless layabout bum who can't be bothered to get a job though
No, it is true. I never said you couldn't get a job, I said increasingly companies are barring applicants with 2:2 or lower degrees. This is factual.
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Unfortunately this is true. I wanted to apply for the NHS clinical scientist training programme, they wanted a 2:1 minimum is a good science degree, unfortunately I got a 2:2 in my Biochem degree. I applied anyway, but of course I wasn't really considered.
That being said you can still find a decent job with a 2:2, I have. It probably won't be exactly what your after, but with some experience under your belt you can go on to apply for bigger and better things.
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Bah I guess I'm also in the same place as the OP cept got a 3rd :/ jobs are tough without exp
Thanks for assuming I am a jobless layabout bum who can't be bothered to get a job though
I never assumed that you were layabout.
My beef is that some people use a poor grade, as excuse for not getting a job.
At the end of the day, if you want a job, you will definitely get one. I'm not saying that it will be your dream job...but it will be a job, which can be a stepping stone onto something that you will end up enjoying.
Oh and if you are genuinely good at what you do and you believe in yourself (most youngsters have little belief in themselves), think of an idea and market it. There is nothing more satisfying than running your own business and working to make your idea a success. Running with your own idea will beat any "dream job" and the potential success is uncapped.
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Unfortunately, it is now too late for a lot of further studies in the next academic year.
Indeed, I never said any different, despite how some people seemed to have responded.
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Can be a lot more difficult though given how many people who get 2:1s or higher these days. I knew a few friends who graduated with a 2:2 and seriously struggled to find a job because of it.
