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work life vs college results

  • 20-02-2010 11:58pm
    #1
    younggirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    ok I am a 22 year old girl in a second year business course my results have been vry bad really 40's 50's 60's % especaly bad in economics, maths and accounting. i really ambitious and want a excellent job with travel etc for a international company. I WANT A GLAMAROUS PRESTIGIOUS JOB WITH EXCELENT SALARY, RESPONSIBILITY ETC
    bASCIALLU WILL THESE BAD RESULTS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS HOLD ME BACK IN GAINING THIS TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT AFTER GRADUATING


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  • #2
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    They might.

    Ireland has now returned to reality which means the days of the "boom" are well and truely over. Everything is going back to normal which means there will be very few "GLAMAROUS PRESTIGIOUS JOB WITH EXCELENT SALARY".

    So for starters you may need to emigrate to find that sort of job. As you'll have little experience when you graduate you'll basically be worthless to employers. One of the ways they'll try to form an opinon on you will be your college qualification. As someone who has been through 5 years of college and did an extremely painful thesis for his masters, I would be of the opinion that there is no excuse to get bad results in college, unless you have some sort of learning disability. I was able to work full-time, run a business part-time, and still get straight A's in college. So if I can do that you can sure as hell do better than crap grades.

    But saying all that... being successful has very little to do with college qualifications or intelligence. In fact, most of the managers I know are unbelievably thick. They got where they are because a) they really wanted it, and b) they understood the value of office politics and networking.

    So if you are determined and play the game you will get what you want. But you're really doing yourself no favours by not putting in the effort in college.


  • #3
    LimeFruitGum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭LimeFruitGum


    Hate to burst your bubble, but you don't get those kind of jet-setting jobs straight out of college. It is brilliant that you have a goal, but it seems that you're more interested in the flying around than the actual job itself.
    What job do you want to do?

    I've done my share of business travel and believe me, you don't always get to stay in glam hotels. You're there to work and get results, it isn't a paid holiday.

    To be honest, it sounds like you're either struggling with your course and perhaps you might want to consider an alternative avenue, or you are able do it, but you just need to knuckle down properly.

    I always ask about college results when interviewing people and check out college references, as it happens to be relevant to the typical job profile.
    So yes, it probably will hold you back when you're trying to get your first graduate job and you're up against people with firsts and 2:1s. Eventually, it won't matter as much, as you gain more practical experience.

    But essentially, how can you expect to get your dream job, if you're not prepared to graft for it?


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