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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    jay12 wrote:
    so generally people think apprenticeships are a better idea than uni?
    I always prefer my doctor to have a degree.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    deadkenny wrote:
    But don't ignore the agencies! for Finance the only way to get a job is through the agencies!
    Oh, they have their uses and the best thing is to use them for your own purposes. Just they're much like estate agents and they'll screw you over the first chance they get if you don't keep tight control.

    I call them my pimps :D

    That's quite common for a rentboy.
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  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    supersonic wrote:
    Degrees just are not worth what they used to. The glut of new unis seem to have dowgraded what the big 10 or so are worth, as have some of the courses they offer which seem ridiculous. Entry level requirements have tumbled, with some places allowing you in with D grade A levels (or worse!), and some courses just a handful of hours per week.

    Not saying this is the case with a Geology degree, but I guess it is just not relevant to 99.999% of jobs out there.

    It seems anyone can do a degree, at my last totting up I know 11 people who have done a psychology degree in the last 10 years, yet only one has ever worded in the field, and she's just quit her job to go and make shavers in the Netherlands. I hink the putting up of the uni fee's might be a good thing in some respects as it makes people question is Uni really where they need to be going. Fewer people going though the system will mean more weight is given to grauates applying for jobs, whereas at the minute the job market is saturated with people with degrees.
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  • well not a job in geology but i got a job for the royal mail today after interviews :D ,

    cant harm the old cv, should prove im a good citizen and reliable etc...
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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    well not a job in geology but i got a job for the royal mail today after interviews :D ,

    cant harm the old cv, should prove im a good citizen and reliable etc...
    plus you could tell people your a professional cyclist!
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  • cicatriz
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  • spongtastic
    spongtastic Posts: 2,651
    just graduated and finding it hard to get a job, getting sick of applying to jobs and hearing nothing back would it kill them to send an email saying sorry you were unsuccessful or to give a reason why, grrr.... :evil:

    yes it would kill them, you may think that you're the only person applying but you're not. Our last vacancy as a cleaner had over 50 applicants and I don't have time to write 50 letters or make 50 phone calls.
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  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    just graduated and finding it hard to get a job, getting sick of applying to jobs and hearing nothing back would it kill them to send an email saying sorry you were unsuccessful or to give a reason why, grrr.... :evil:

    yes it would kill them, you may think that you're the only person applying but you're not. Our last vacancy as a cleaner had over 50 applicants and I don't have time to write 50 letters or make 50 phone calls.

    I know in some places, the letter doesn't even get to the HR Dept. Common mistake is not addressing the letter to the right person so it get's thrown in the bin...
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    One place told me with graduate applications they got 100s if not 1000s, and they effectively divide the pile in half and chuck one half in the bin.
  • "sloppycowpat", have you considered trying the "Oil Industry" more in the Drilling/Searching for it side of things:----"Dresser Atlas,Schlumberger,Subsea 7,etc etc.
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    bearfraser wrote:
    Schlumberger.

    best

    company name

    ever.