Applying for jobs - is this really what it's coming to?
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Applying for jobs - is this really what it's coming to?
This just caught my eye, and I wondered since when did companies start asking for (minimal) UCAS points and how unusual it was, indeed is it going to become the standard in days to come?
2:1 expected degree and 300 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
Organisational Surveys and Insight
2:2 expected degree and 280 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
Start date for the Intern Programme will be the beginning of July 2013
2:1 expected degree and 300 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
Organisational Surveys and Insight
2:2 expected degree and 280 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
Start date for the Intern Programme will be the beginning of July 2013
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Re: Applying for jobs - is this really what it's coming to?
Not seen that but quite interesting!
perhaps they are saying that they want a 2:1 / 2:2 from a uni that required decent UCAS score to get in ... but can't actually say that in the ad?
there is some postgrad thing.. is it law? that requires specific UCAS points (I think)
perhaps they are saying that they want a 2:1 / 2:2 from a uni that required decent UCAS score to get in ... but can't actually say that in the ad?
there is some postgrad thing.. is it law? that requires specific UCAS points (I think)
Re: Applying for jobs - is this really what it's coming to?
It's a slightly more objective way of doing "good degree from good university". 300 UCAS points is 3 Bs. So it means "Upper second from a course that requires 3 Bs to get into". It's a shade more transparent than "Upper second from a vague list of universities that the HR department arbitrarily like" or "Upper second from the universities the MD applied to in 1978".Snowdrops wrote:This just caught my eye, and I wondered since when did companies start asking for (minimal) UCAS points
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daveg wrote: It's a slightly more objective way of doing "good degree from good university". 300 UCAS points is 3 Bs. So it means "Upper second from a course that requires 3 Bs to get into". It's a shade more transparent than "Upper second from a vague list of universities that the HR department arbitrarily like" or "Upper second from the universities the MD applied to in 1978".
Re: Applying for jobs - is this really what it's coming to?
I thought it was all down to being good-looking.
Always worked for me.
Always worked for me.
(Journal of Organisational and Occupational Psychology)Applicant sex, applicant physical attractiveness, type of rater (120 students and 105 professional employment interviewers) and the type of job were manipulated experimentally in a 2 times 2 × 2 times 2 design. Physical attractiveness of job candidates had the broadest influence on employment decisions. There was no main effect for applicant sex, but professional interviewers were biased in favour of female applicants while student raters were not. Also, as expected, professional interviewers rated job applicants less leniently than students did.
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Re: Applying for jobs - is this really what it's coming to?
I seem to remember passing my driving test for that reason at 18, in the 80's despite making myriad mistakes........