D grade GCSE and jobs

DCFC79

I wasnt that good at school and got no gcse abve a D and the lowest grade i got was F but ive been to college since school and completed courses and achieved some good results and I was still asked for my gcse's for an agency job(t was only a customer rep job in an office) as i hadn't included them on my cv due to me being in my 30's and i dont see gcse's as releveant for my age group

DCFC79

custardy wrote: »

i would have though your qualifications achieved after would negate most of the negatives of the D's

i thoguht the same but theres still jobs that ask for so many gcse's at grade or above

MrsTinks

Imagine not having GCSCs... I don't... Us blooming foreigners Have to admit it's not stopped me getting a job and I've dropped all my A-level equivalent grades from my CV... they have no relevance to my job as far as I am concerned so I see no reason to put them on there - and no-one has any idea what they mean anyway Like what the pass % should be for a subject... no idea what % would give you a pass for GSCS or A-level, but for the European Baccalaureate it's 60% to scrape a pass...
If you want to improve you GSCSs then by all means do so - but I've never found that they have been a deal breaker in getting a job
If you DO though then retake them instead of doing an equivalent course somewhere Official marks always look better to me than the many courses you can get that are like something else...

dave4545454

GCSE's or A levels or degrees mean nothing these days. any potential employer will ALWAYS give the job to the person who has experience and has done that exact job before.

KiKi

dave4545454 wrote: »

GCSE's or A levels or degrees mean nothing these days. any potential employer will ALWAYS give the job to the person who has experience and has done that exact job before.

That's a huge generalisation to a country with hundreds of thousands of different jobs, and incorrect in a significant number of cases.

KiKi

dave4545454

KiKi wrote: »

That's a huge generalisation to a country with hundreds of thousands of different jobs, and incorrect in a significant number of cases.

KiKi

try telling that to the millions of young people with lots of qualifications, the highest grades, lots of debt, little experience and no chance of getting a job

DCFC79

MrsTine wrote: »

If you want to improve you GSCSs then by all means do so - but I've never found that they have been a deal breaker in getting a job

i think the same, i dont see them relevant for the jobs im applying for as im of a certain age surely the skills ive learnt from working are more important than some crap gcse's

Magnolia

TEDDYRUKSPIN wrote: »

Many colleges are now offering free GCSE's, for people who have maths or english below C - or who want to improve the grade. Have a look at your local college.

Its not the GCSE's that are free - its the equivalent adult literacy and numeracy that cost nowt. They are accepted at many places including the armed forces and Oxbridge

Many colleges will provide support but as you got D's you should be able to pull them up to a C's easy enough.

Contact you local college and see if they have a NextStep adviser and make yourself an appointment.

Seems most folks are impressed with bits of certificates so there is no harm in 'up skilling' yourself so you are at least on a level playing field.

Savvy_Sue

I think it's always worth spelling out what a non GCSE is 'worth' in terms of GCSEs, but the sticking point CAN be if you don't have a formal qualification in Maths and / or English and your NVQ doesn't 'equate' directly in either of those subjects.

jackieb

dave4545454 wrote: »

GCSE's or A levels or degrees mean nothing these days. any potential employer will ALWAYS give the job to the person who has experience and has done that exact job before.

My husband has one O level (in Art ). He always puts it down in his CV. He's never not got a job he's been interviewed for.

My son went for (and got) a place on a 4 year apprenticeship scheme, and he had to have four standard grades at level 1, 2 or 3 – including Maths, English, and either Physics, Chemistry or Technology Studies. If he hadn't the grades he wouldn't have got in.