as long as you can explain why you got a 2:2 without using the words "lazy" or "stupid" then you should be fine.
Mmm, in all seriousness how do you do this? In the interview "I tried really hard and still didn't do that well. So please employ me, I may not be the brightest candidate but I'll try hard" ?!
Do interviewers actually ask about the degree (I've never been asked about my degree, apart from in chatty bits).
You need to work out what you want to tell them - and stick to that. Instead of telling them what you didn't achieve, tell them what you did.
Take the legal profession for example. 90% of employers demand a 2:1 yet i have enquired at numerous firms about whether they would take someome with a 2:2 if the rest of the CV was very good. The answer is always yes. And that includes trying to get an interview.
If you work hard enough in the future and build up your CV it really won't mean anything, and i'm not saying just saying that to make you feel better.
Loki, you have every right to feel disappointed and pissed off. You wanted something more than what you have ended up with, but you have what you have, so now to make the most of it.
Your degree result is a tiny bit of you, and what you have done. When you get your final marks, I am sure there will be some really good marks in there that you can pull out, and highllight where your real strenghts are.
As for 'grad' jobs - yes, there are a lot out there, and zillions of people fighting over them. But....they aren't always as wonderful as they make out. And, I am sure, that by looking outside the grad job box, there are some real gems out there.
What career direction do you want to follow?
Also, uni is not just about the final mark: what else have you got out of it? It is a life experience, and something a large proportioon of people don't get to sample.
as long as you can explain why you got a 2:2 without using the words "lazy" or "stupid" then you should be fine.
Mmm, in all seriousness how do you do this? In the interview "I tried really hard and still didn't do that well. So please employ me, I may not be the brightest candidate but I'll try hard" ?!
"i'm more of a practical person" is the best one i've heard
Do interviewers actually ask about the degree (I've never been asked about my degree, apart from in chatty bits).
It's often in the application form/screening questions. In the six interviews I have had over the last few weeks, I have only been asked briefly about where, and what, I did.
Do interviewers actually ask about the degree (I've never been asked about my degree, apart from in chatty bits).
It's often in the application form/screening questions. In the six interviews I have had over the last few weeks, I have only been asked briefly about where, and what, I did.
How many people actually wnt into 'grad jobs' anyway?
None of my uni friends did.
Quite a few of mine did: me to M&S, three or four to PWC, a couple to KPMG, one to an ad agency, one to Tubelines, two to civil service stuff.
What is interesting to note is that after two or three years everyone is jumping ship from the 'grad' companies, having used them for the foundations of training, and done a first appointment job.
But then again, a lot went in to other stuff too: both old housemates went in to local councils, one to work in the library at UCL, the police, teaching...
Do interviewers actually ask about the degree (I've never been asked about my degree, apart from in chatty bits).
It's often in the application form/screening questions. In the six interviews I have had over the last few weeks, I have only been asked briefly about where, and what, I did.
you also have 8(?) years of commercial experience
Yeah, the last four at management level, which is like what you said about time making your degree less relevent, which isn' much useful help to fresh out of uni, loki :-/
The best thing you can do now is start if you haven't already make a damn good CV and then join up with job agencies. That's if you want to be out of the educational route.
But before that the best thing to do is REST, take it easy for a while. It's been a long educational journey.
