Graduate Mechanical Engineer haunted by leaving cert results.

breadmonkey

2011 wrote: »

I don't agree.
I feel that an honours degree graduate with a 1.1 has far more important selling points.

I'm merely suggesting that LC results should compliment the 1.1, not supersede it.

If you want your CV to stand out cut out the clutter and cut to the chase.

A couple of lines in the CV is hardly clutter and LC results could hardly be considered waffle.

Where does it end though? Why not put the junior cert results too and national school while you are at it?

becuase...

breadmonkey wrote:

Like it or not, it's the culmination of 14 years of pre-university education!

kirving

I graduated this year and didn't have too much trouble getting a job. Most of my class have done reasonable well too. I wasn't asked about my LC really at all, except to explain the reason for first doing a level 7 was not doing Honours Maths for the LC.

Don't include full results either, but obviously explain if asked. I just have the following:

Leaving Certificate 2008:
Higher Level: Engineering, Tech Drawing, English, Etc, Etc...
Ordinary Level: Maths, Etc....

I was interviewed by two engineers, and the only thing I was asked about was my final year project. They had very little interest even in my college results, and rightly so I would think. I could go on about block diagram transfer functions all day and get 100% in the exam, but that doesn't mean I know anything about the application of the theory.