I got my first job on a recommendation by a friend, and my second I was approached through monster.com (I know HR in my company actively look through there when they are trying to find people, so it pays to have your cv on places like that)
Yeah I've been approached by a few companies already after they found my CV on monster, nothing notable though.
One big issue I guess is that I've not got a specific industry in mind. My degree is pretty broad and there's nothing in particular I've thought of doing, so am pretty open to whatever comes along.
I was in a very similar position 9 years ago. Graduated from Edinburgh with a 2:2 in European Studies. One of only two people in a class of 12 to get a 2:2. Bottom of the class!
I remember sitting on those cement steps in Potterow in shock feeling gutted for an hour.
It was close. Got average of 59% overall and there were a three exams where if I had just got 1 or 2% more it would have been a 2:1. Gutted.
To be honest it was hard at first. I went on to do a Masters in IT at Glasgow. Well I didn't actually complete the project, shining academic star that I am, and just took the PgD.
My first job paid 15k in a call center. That lasted a year although I was doing IT work in French. Next job was a similar thing french IT support paying 12 pounds an hour. They were both crap, demolarising, life sapping jobs that I hated. That lasted for almost three years.
During that time I was sending my CV off every night. I did evening classes, open university and professional training to improve my skills. I think I had two telephone interviews and one face to face interview out of all that CV sending.
The face to face interview was at the fourth attempt at applying. The previous three were ignored without a response.
As soon as I actually got through the door for a face to face interview for a decent job my whole career changed. They offered me a role as a junior consultant. I don't think my Brazilian and American bosses even understood what a 2:2 was but they were impressed by how I did the job.
From then till now it has been going great. Got head hunted at 26 and my salary more than doubled. I have had and continue to have a great, well rewarded, fulfilling career.
I wasn't that great at the specific academic stuff I did at uni but I have found the areas in business that I am good at. Simple things like being a nice, approachable guy and being able to have a laugh and a chat with people aren't something you take exams in but are probably more important than your degree grade.
Sorry for going on, but that is my experience with getting a 2:2.
