Like all 'educational' qualifications they simply show that you can read about and research a given topic. From experience and from past work in recruitment, employers are now more interested in 'vocational' qualifications such as NVQs as it shows you can actually do elements of work on a more practical, hands-on manner.
i dont have any GCSE's and i cant get a damn job, does that help?
Perhaps I'd better tell my nephew this. He's just got an engineering apprenticeship and the offer was based on his GCSEs.
As others have wisely said, you cannot generalise about this.
Anything that goes on your CV can be influential to an employer, every part of your CV is read and analysed, some more than others.
You mean you can't get a job you want??
That's why I always personalise my CV by drawing love hearts and kisses on it after I print it out. It shows them you are willing to go that extra mile.
They influence the post high school education.
College / Uni is what gets you a job . .unless you plan on stacking shelves, working in a call centre or being a Subway sandwich artist
Really ?? Maybe you should tell that to Richard Branson and Alan Sugar
Really ?? Maybe you should tell that to Richard Branson and Alan Sugar
Those guys are the exception that prove the rule. Referring to them and footballers with no education does not mean you stand a better chance of becoming the next Alan Sugar if you drop out of school!
Education is still a fairly crucial necessity if you want a Job or a Career in the future for 95% of the population and that is being generous! I'ld prob say it's more like 98%
The easiest way to tell the difference between a Job and a Career
You are in a Career when:
> The day flies by and end up putting in overtime without even realising!
You are in a Job when:
> The day can't go any slower and you clock watch from the minute you get in to the minute you leave.
Education gives you more of a chance of ending up in a Career than a Job (but doesn't guarantee it)