Education on CV

[VectraMan]

I do see a number of gigs on jobserve asking for degree as minimum though.

I see a lot of jobs asking for a 2.1 minimum, which I don't have. However I've got jobs and had interviews for ads that said that, so probably no big deal. As you said it's agents filtering you out that you need to worry about.

[WTFH]

I'll never tell! No one ever asks you about your qualifications?

Generally no, they are more interested in your skills and experience.

[PurpleGorilla]

I list my degrees, but leave the school stuff off. The bigger section is the professional memberships, societies, additional qualifications etc.

[cojak]

I'll never tell! No one ever asks you about your qualifications?

Education != qualifications

I make sure that my quals are up-to-date and on-trend.

I don't bother with my education.

[MrMarkyMark]

I do see a number of gigs on jobserve asking for degree as minimum though. It would be interesting to see how pragmatic some clients would be. Wouldn't bother me if someone didn't have a degree though. I did an OU degree just to get to that level. I wouldn't be any better/worse without it.

I don't put anything else about education on my CV bar the degree which is the last line on the last page. I'll be willing to bet most clients would notice it if you didn't put anything on but if they did back to the question of how pragmatic they would be.

I guess the sifting by agents is your real problem though.

I've got degree level qualifications, but no actual degree.

I have done plenty of roles advertised with it as a prerequisite, but in practice no one has cared, one iota.

[Mordac]

Does anyone have any thoughts on strategies in CV writing when you have little more than a passable high school level of education but plenty of experience to show you're far from a complete half wit? Obviously there is spending time to fine tune one's skills and work experience to make them as prominent as possible and perhaps leaving education until the end of the document even, but beyond that, I can't see what else you can do.

Leaving it out seems to suggest you have something to hide.

I think that if someone takes a dim view of an applicant because of their lack of academic success, regardless of their life and work experience, there's probably little you can do.

I leave it out, as I'd have to explain what an O level is.

[SueEllen]

I leave it out, as I'd have to explain what an O level is.

What's an O level?

[WTFH]

What's an O level?

It's like a CSE, but harder.

[MrMarkyMark]

It's like a CSE, but harder.

Funny, I doubled up on some, got the O levels, but in a few cases got bad CSEs in the equivalent subjects

Mum paid for the "extra" exams and went back up the school asking for a refund, after the results, as "He should have been doing all O Levels in the first place".

[SunnyInHades]

I haven't put my 'O' Levels on my CV

To prevent rejection by youth hunters I recommend never mentioning 'O' Levels !

Because the GCSE was introduced in 1988, I now know that the youngest you can be is 15 + (2016-1988) = 43