I got a 2:2 :-(

pbright

grade15 wrote:

I think you should complain !! maybe the teachers strike effected you!!! worth a try! you should be lucky..that u graduate this year! ..don't despress about a 2:2..soon degrees will be bought instead..

.....Degress bought??

pbright

Gray0103 wrote:

pbright

I got a 2:2 when I left Uni, I worked for 2 years selling clothes in a designer clothes shop, and saved as much as I could to go towards fees for an MSc, got my MSc and started as a trainee manager in the environmental field.

That was 10 years ago, I now earn +£30K and am happily married.

Did you try to get a job with your 2:2? Could you, do you feel, have gotten a better job with a 2:2??

I feel the grad schemes are the way for me...i need direction,i just need to find the ones that are happy with 2:2's.....its not many!!

pbright

alanobrien wrote:

Some of the worst grads we have employed had a 1st and some of the best a 2-2 so dont let it bother you.

Thats good to here and is interesting you have employed 1st's and lower seconds.....what industry do you work in?

Thanks all

Gavboy

A lot depends on the Uni you went to, my other half's in HR and they have a list of Uni's and their respectability and would rather take Graduates with a 2:2 from a Uni where they know they will have got a good education than those with a 2:1 from a mickey mouse University where everyone gets 2:1's even though many who attend failed their A Levels!

pbright

Mickeymouse University??

alanobrien

pbright wrote:

Thats good to here and is interesting you have employed 1st's and lower seconds.....what industry do you work in?

Thanks all

A large Aerospace Company

frepol

Teaching courses will easily accept a 2.2 - attitude and willingness to work with children is much more important provided you have the basic academic ability to teach to GCSE / A Level. The other alternative is to get a masters and then the A - Level / GCSE thing kicks in where people are generally only interested in your last grade. Also, don't just look at the grad schemes of the big employers - send out your CV or apply to smaller firms where you can get a foothold and move up.

xycom1

pbright wrote:

Mickeymouse University??

Yes, like the ones that teach Surfing Studies and Golf Management.

pbright

Surfing studies....where?? :-) My university teaches alcohol studies...does that make it a mickey mouse uni??

bring1t

The OP is making some realistic points above, A LOT of grad schemes will only take people with 2:1 above. To say that they are not doing a good job by only looking at this is absurd. The majority of large companies outsource the first 2 or 3 stages of the selection process to another company. For example, when you have 5,000 people applying for 30 jobs you have to set a benchmark.

The OP has realised this and is now looking at the ones that he can apply to, and i personally think that grad schemes are great, and there is a difference between a grad scheme and a grad job. You have a lot of suppot and are generally seen as the elite members of staff and therefore will prob have excelerated promotion if you prove yourself.

As your asking advice (as someone who has just finished a grad scheme in a large bank) is to def try and get on one. Apply to as many as possible and go with the companies that you know of and trust. Once you have completed one you are looked upon favourably by other companies in the market who do not have to train you!!

Once you are through the first stage they will rely on factors other than your degree to make the decisions so impress at assessment centres!!

The best of luck to you.