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UK professional qualifications not recognised in the EU?

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    UK professional qualifications not recognised in the EU?

    Anyone else getting this? Got an agent now suggesting my UK degrees would not be recognised by a EU based client And that only EU based universities are omitted from the requirement.

    Is this a random agent BS? First I've heard of it, and a worry if so. I've heard this plenty from US colleagues coming over to Germany having to retrain, but never coming from the UK.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

    #2
    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Anyone else getting this? Got an agent now suggesting my UK degrees would not be recognised by a EU based client And that only EU based universities are omitted from the requirement.

    Is this a random agent BS? First I've heard of it, and a worry if so. I've heard this plenty from US colleagues coming over to Germany having to retrain, but never coming from the UK.
    Much more likely to be something specific to you personally. Word has probably leaked out about what a gormless trumpet you really are.

    hth

    “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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      #3
      Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
      Anyone else getting this? Got an agent now suggesting my UK degrees would not be recognised by a EU based client And that only EU based universities are omitted from the requirement.

      Is this a random agent BS? First I've heard of it, and a worry if so. I've heard this plenty from US colleagues coming over to Germany having to retrain, but never coming from the UK.
      We won get over it


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        #4
        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        Anyone else getting this? Got an agent now suggesting my UK degrees would not be recognised by a EU based client And that only EU based universities are omitted from the requirement.

        Is this a random agent BS? First I've heard of it, and a worry if so. I've heard this plenty from US colleagues coming over to Germany having to retrain, but never coming from the UK.
        Always has been like that in Germany, check with the ZAB...
        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #5
          Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
          Much more likely to be something specific to you personally. Word has probably leaked out about what a gormless trumpet you really are.

          hth

          The joke will be on you when he's back in the UK.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
            The joke will be on you when he's back in the UK.
            Forget what I said about Scottish independence, I think it's a great idea.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
              The joke will be on you when he's back in the UK.
              Nah....he'll never get enough points on the admission checker. Maybe he could get sponsored by some venture capitalist start-up desperate for traffic cones.
              “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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                #8
                Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                Anyone else getting this? Got an agent now suggesting my UK degrees would not be recognised by a EU based client And that only EU based universities are omitted from the requirement.

                Is this a random agent BS? First I've heard of it, and a worry if so. I've heard this plenty from US colleagues coming over to Germany having to retrain, but never coming from the UK.
                Do EU clients insist on degree qualifications for IT contract roles? If so, it turns out I haven't lost out on 'freedom of movement' after all. Technical qualifications are universal (my MS ones are, anyway). Or is this random Scooty BS?
                His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Mordac View Post
                  Do EU clients insist on degree qualifications for IT contract roles? If so, it turns out I haven't lost out on 'freedom of movement' after all. Technical qualifications are universal (my MS ones are, anyway). Or is this random Scooty BS?
                  Scootie has a plan.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
                    Scootie has a plan.
                    And just like that, he's got himself a Desmond in Computer Science from Nuremburg Poly. Where's Beansey when we really need him...?
                    His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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