John Murdock
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Aren't you going to University?, you should have no trouble getting on a good course at a good Uni with those results.
Although if I'm been 'picky', 9 GCSE's isn't very many
But more seriously, what sort of degree courses might you be interested in?, and what field would you like to work in?.
I think he's actually asking how to set himself apart from other job applicants, not course applicants. He's looking for a job, but is concerned that his high marks in school won't be enough.
Beyond any academic achievements(s), your work history.... What would you want to see in an applicant especially in the engineering field? ...
On the face of it, a higher degree (uni) and courses in education.... with such growing competition for academic jobs ...
With the greatest respect!!! Academic prowess tumbles at the first hurdle when you first project goes up in smoke..Currently I live in the UK.
I have achieved 7A*s 2As in GCSEs
and received 2A*s and 2As in A-levels in Maths (A*) physics (A*) chemistry(A) further maths (A)
I have recently taken up the programming language python and an interest in electronics building up on a poor course that I had in GCSE.
Athletically, I have played in a county final and a regular member in a local club(rugby).
What would you want to see in an applicant especially in the engineering field? Thanks
What do you recommend one should do such as myself to separate them from the rest?
with such growing competition for academic jobs getting an A* is no longer a green light.
I am going to uni yes, I'm looking into taking a mechanical or electrical engineering course however most likely mechanical engineering.
This rings alarm bells in my poor old brain.hence why the 9 subjects rather than 10-12 other schools do
The fact that you are asking in my opinion is good , I would suggest , design and make something , doesn't matter if its done before it will show you can think for yourself, keep good documents and a photographic record of your work , remember the student in the USA who had made a large digital clock in a brief case, after his problems with the police I believe he's doing very well .I am going to uni yes, I'm looking into taking a mechanical or electrical engineering course however most likely mechanical engineering.
Mmmm... He "re-packaged" a digital clock, it looked like a bag of old bones.Oh yes, the fella that was mistakenly labelled as a 'terrorist' he was all over the media.
Something is better than nothing.I'm not sure they are note worthy in interviews unless I am wrong.
You don't have to carry around a filing cabinet full of stuff, but a few pages with schematics and a simple well built project which easily fits in one hand can form the basis of a technical discussion during an interview.Realistically is it really useful to document my work since one is not going to just take it all out of one's back pocket in lets say a job interview?
I know that feeling, been there done that.couple day 'tours' to get an insight into industry which we all know is bollocks
Yes ... but if you opened a brief case , and took out a robotic arm , I'm sure you would have the interviewers attention...Realistically is it really useful to document my work since one is not going to just take it all out of one's back pocket in lets say a job interview?
I once had a graduate assigned to me as an "assistant" to give him some exposure to our equipment.I've seen plenty of graduates with some amazing qualifications trying to drill a hole with the drill set to anti-clockwise ........
The Degree in electronics in UK is a pre-PhD course. Its an excellent course, but its directed towards showing people who want to do a PhD what the various subject fields are for doing at PhD. The UK electronics degree is an excellent course, taught by excellent people, and its for excellent people, -people who want to go on and do a PhD, and who want to be the world’s future brilliant research scientists.
A standard electronics engineering job in UK industry does not need the content of a UK electronics degree….the degree is massive overkill, and results in many graduates, who weren’t good enough to do a PhD, falling short of the actual skills that they actually need to get by in UK electronics industry.
What I am saying is, many people, who would have made good industrial electronics engineers if given a relevant course toward that, would have become good industrial electronics engineers…but at uni, because they were exposed to all that high rocket science, they come out of uni with no skills that are useful in actual industrial jobs....they get too distracted and stymied by the large amount of high rocket science.
..it needs to be hard for the "Group 1" people above...but does not need to be anywhere near so hard for the "group 2" people.If the course is hard, it's because it needs to be