Timeline for Why do companies ask for A-levels results?
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| May 12, 2018 at 8:13 | comment | added | Joe Stevens | If you haven't yet graduated, an employer has in any case nothing else to go on. But, I would say in the UK, A-levels are probably actually a better baseline to compare candidates from different universities in possibly different subjects (e.g. 2:2 in Physics from Oxford vs a first in Film Studies from a former poly) | |
| May 12, 2018 at 1:37 | comment | added | user86764 | Often companies haven't thought about their interview policies, they just do what they think everyone else does. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 23:47 | comment | added | rath | @PeterGreen Indeed. I asked this question after finding a graduate-oriented job search website (a UK-specific linkedin slash monster ripoff basically) where they would only accept UK high school accreditations and had no option (at the time) for international equivalents. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 23:40 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | I suggest including in your CV the last form of education you finished, as well as on-going education. For you, currently, the last completed education is your high school. Doing so has the advantage, in your case, of explaining the lack of A levels. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 23:22 | answer | added | Peter Green | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 23:05 | comment | added | Peter Green | Surely you must have shown something to the UK university to get them to take you. | |
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| Mar 11, 2014 at 13:41 | comment | added | Kaz Dragon | A-levels are the first academic grades where the students are there voluntarily, as opposed to being certificates for education mandated by the state (GCSEs). This is likely significant. | |
| Mar 11, 2014 at 13:39 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/443380610330284034 | ||
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| Mar 10, 2014 at 20:41 | comment | added | Neuromancer | Do you have an IB which is increasingly used as an alternate to A levels | |
| Mar 10, 2014 at 16:50 | answer | added | cdkMoose | timeline score: 7 | |
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| Mar 10, 2014 at 14:55 | answer | added | Zoldar | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 10, 2014 at 14:34 | answer | added | Terence Eden | timeline score: 14 | |
| Mar 10, 2014 at 14:04 | comment | added | Fiona - myaccessible.website | A-levels are typically taken in 3-4 subjects that tend to align with your future career (or at least the degree that you take). They can provide some information about your strengths that your degree doesn't necessarily cover. Eg. I have a degree in Computer Science, but I got an A in A-Level Maths sort of reinforces your maths skills. | |
| Mar 10, 2014 at 13:38 | history | asked | rath | CC BY-SA 3.0 |