Anyone still list their school education on CV/job applications?
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One dog
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Just from 18? I thought they wanted CV history from birth
to present day with not so much as a minute's gap unaccounted for.
chilango
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Just from 18? I thought they wanted CV history from birth
Safeguarding.
It's fair enough really.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Not all degree courses require Cs in maths and English at GCSE.
One dog
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heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
I do. I find it's best to keep reminding people about that 'A' I got in 2001 
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
I think the fact that it was a clerical job means that they would have been expecting to see a list of GCSEs and A Levels, with grades. Sometimes the CVs are given to underlings to sort through, and they may have been told to reject anyone who didn't have certain GCSEs/A levels.
Your degrees may not have even been looked at!
Your degrees may not have even been looked at!
One dog
Active Member
Yes, I am sure you are right ElizabethofYork. The thing about not including the school ed' was raised as part of the feedback after I did not get shortlisted. I guess that I was just overqualified anyway, if that was such a big deal to the employer. I know what to do when I fill in another form.
One dog
Active Member
I do. I find it's best to keep reminding people about that 'A' I got in 2001
If you have got it, flaunt it
To put it rather bluntly, if you didn't complete the application form in the way the way it was set out it may lead the employer to think a) you can't follow instructions and b) you lack attention to detail. Which would not make you a good candidate for an admin job no matter how many higher qualifications you have.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Are CVs on their way out anyway?
Might just be in education, but all the jobs I've applied for in the past five years won't let you submit a CV. Instead you have to fill in online applications. And most of those, IME, make you account for all of the time after you've left school, including employment gaps. And some forms require exact dates for each transition, to the day, so I've been having to make dates up. Very frustrating and pointless.
Might just be in education, but all the jobs I've applied for in the past five years won't let you submit a CV. Instead you have to fill in online applications. And most of those, IME, make you account for all of the time after you've left school, including employment gaps. And some forms require exact dates for each transition, to the day, so I've been having to make dates up. Very frustrating and pointless.
chilango
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Education sector specific for safeguarding reasons ("safer recruitement" practises).
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Another annoyance - one job I'm applying for at the moment specifies that I have to prove my qualifications. Keep your certificates, people, as they're bloody hard to acquire retrospectively!
chilango
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Is it a school?
Schools need to have noted on their "single central record" that proof of qualifications has been seen, by whom, and the date seen. Inspectors may go through this with a fine tooth comb looking for discrepancies.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
no, a higher education establishment. think i'm done with schools.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Yes this. I'd also say that while at interview they might be looking for the single best candidate, at the application form they're basically looking for reasons to filter applications out. It's really only once you're down to a workable shortlist that you start looking at your best qualities. Not filling in the form properly is an ideal excuse to move an application to the 'unsuccessful' pile.
chilango
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Whilst not common, some independent schools still use CV based applications. But then some independent schools are really just interested in whether you went to the "right type of school" yourself and so your secondary education is front and centre on their application forms along with some bullshit about "ethos of the school" on their person spec.
chilango
Ha! Ha! Armageddon
i don't know, but could imagine similar safeguarding measures being required.
Disruptive Conduct
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
what are you playing at?
