Can I get a graduate job with a 3rd class degree? - Graduate Job Podcast #99

MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

- Why you are not your degree, and why your self-worth should not be attached to a degree classification
- The importance of self-reflection and thinking about why you got a third-class degree
- EY’s forward-looking approach to looking at a graduate’s all-round abilities and not just their degree classification
- How looking for graduate jobs and not graduate schemes is the way to go
- Why experience is the key to getting a graduate job with a third

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[noon]

I’m doing a maths degree now at a pretty good uni in London. I think I’ll end up with a 2.1 or a first but this helped me settle down a little bit when thinking about “what if it all goes wrong”.

[arbaabsheytaan]

There's a lot of other establishments that don't give a rat's arse about your grade and what degree you've done (e.g., councils / local authorities, the police and the military or certain jobs within the social and healthcare sectors).