BBC - Have Your Say: Is competition for graduate jobs too tough?
"I'm still a student and haven't graduated yet. This reminds me of something that I and my university friends discuss quite a lot- what is the best degree mark to get?
They say that;
If you get a first, you may not be considered for a job, because you are thought to not have had a good enough social life at university and may not be great at socialising.
If you get a 2:1 this is "just right", because it shows you can work, but that you aren't a fuddy duddy (excuse the phrase).
If you get a 2:2 it's supposed to show that you can do the work, haven't, and subsequently haven't gotten a 2:1- you might get considered if you're lucky.
And if you get a third? We never really discussed that option...
This is an issue which a lot of undergrads are worried about, I can assure you. "
FFS bedwetting thickos.
Although if if only have an HND you will be stigmatised and only be fit to write software for most of the major aerospace projects in the UK.
"I'm still a student and haven't graduated yet. This reminds me of something that I and my university friends discuss quite a lot- what is the best degree mark to get?
They say that;
If you get a first, you may not be considered for a job, because you are thought to not have had a good enough social life at university and may not be great at socialising.
If you get a 2:1 this is "just right", because it shows you can work, but that you aren't a fuddy duddy (excuse the phrase).
If you get a 2:2 it's supposed to show that you can do the work, haven't, and subsequently haven't gotten a 2:1- you might get considered if you're lucky.
And if you get a third? We never really discussed that option...
This is an issue which a lot of undergrads are worried about, I can assure you. "
FFS bedwetting thickos.
Although if if only have an HND you will be stigmatised and only be fit to write software for most of the major aerospace projects in the UK.
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