Gordon Bennett. That's risky - references aren't usually about ability to do the job, but more confirming the other stuff (not a mad axe murderer etc). One reference said that the applicant hadn't worked for them as long as claimed, which made for an interesting line of enquiry.
Gordon Bennett. That's risky - references aren't usually about ability to do the job, but more confirming the other stuff (not a mad axe murderer etc). One reference said that the applicant hadn't worked for them as long as claimed, which made for an interesting line of enquiry.
references can be fairly useless things.
sometimes they're written to show the person in a good light so a company can dump them on someone else ... other times they mght be done to scupper the chances of them getting another job.
sometimes they're written to show the person in a good light so a company can dump them on someone else ... other times they mght be done to scupper the chances of them getting another job.
True - that's why you need the sense to be able to interpret them.
I've seen some useful ones, and others which add nothing.If the facts don't match, you certainly have to take them seriously.
phew this got you all talking so ealy on a Saturday morning
Barcode wrote:
2. Just go straight onto a 1 year Masters... who cares about your Bachelors grade when you have MA or MSc after your name?
I've just done my MA, normal up here to do 4 year degrees.
PJ wrote:
Can you get advice from your tutors on the best way of moving on from this?
We have a career centre that I think I will go talk to regarding my options.
Motiv8J wrote:
Ok, wait up. Just because you have a 2:2 for your dissertation doesn't mean you will get a 2:1. Can you do the calculation based on your other results?
Not my dissertation, this is my final degree result - don't know individual marks for my dissertation and courses this year yet.
greg wrote:
You degree helps you get your foot in the door, and get a few steps up the ladder.
See with all the grad jobs I've looked at, plenty of them are minimum 2:1 to just get the foot in the door. If I don't even get the chance to have an interview then I can never sell my skills.
Chris wrote:
I'd justlike to point out that a 2:2 is nothing to scoff at. The majority of people in the UK don't even have a degree so please don't piss all over people that were happy to get a 2:2 or just even get a degree.
Sorry if it offends anyone, but I'm just really unhappy with how I've done. And as I've said I think right now, at this exact minute looking at grad jobs - having a 2:2 will mean I'm not even considered for a job. While it shouldn't matter where you got your degree from, it does.
sometimes they're written to show the person in a good light so a company can dump them on someone else ... other times they mght be done to scupper the chances of them getting another job.
Apparently you aren't allowed to write a bad reference anymore. So they really are completely useless.
