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Asked by cheesebroski on 17 Sep 2024.
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Amber Villegas - Williamson answered on 17 Sep 2024:
100% you can still get a good job.
You can always re-take your GCSEs and try to do better.
Most companies need Maths and English because they don’t know you, what your brain can do so the only way they can tell if you can read, write, speak English or do Math to a level that they need for the business is with the GCSE grade, that’s it.Olympic hurdlers don’t stop the race and give up because they knock a hurdle down, they keep their eyes on what they want to achieve.
There are always ALWAYS options in this world it’s about find a path that suits you and really go for it!
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aureliabrzezowska commented on :
Absolutely. While GCSE’s are important, you don’t always need the best of the best grades to excel. A pass in Mathematics and English however is a must for University, College, Sixth-form, Apprenticeships and most jobs. Do your best and you’ll go far.
Steve P commented on :
Steve’s Answer 1 (exam/subject focus): If you don’t think your GCSEs are going to go well (and there’s certainly time between now and exam season to improve things), why is that? Would you prefer to learn a different way to how you’ve been taught so far? Is the subject matter a struggle (and if so, is it likely to remain a struggle)? If your personal circumstances mean that you’re having trouble focussing for months or years then maybe doing exams again and/or later may help? If my comments here chime with you, please do ask your teachers to listen to your answers and help to steer you.
Steve P commented on :
Steve’s Answer 2 (job focus): What, to you, is a ‘good job’? What balance / mix of job satisfaction (e.g using your skills, working with people you like), ease /difficulty of job, career progression prospects, financial reward do you want. (Try to think about what you want after a couple of years of joining the workforce, because most starter jobs are hard and not as lucrative as the jobs that they then lead on to).
Steve P commented on :
Steve’s Answer 3 (things that get you a job): In my time, amongst other things, I’ve been a hiring manager and have interviewed / made selection decisions. The most important qualities (and these can be cultivated by you regardless of how well you do in your studies) that impress an employer are often called ‘employability skills’: these include teamwork, communication, initiative, problem solving, organisation and resilience.
Steve P commented on :
Steve’s Answer 4 (routes to a ‘good job’): If you find that your aptitude really doesn’t include exams and academic subjects, there are plenty of routes with a variety of employers in many sectors that follow a more practical route to progression and a ‘high’ salary. Apprenticeships fit into this category, but so does, e.g. joining an organisation using your ‘other-than-academic’ skills, then rising through the organisation to become a specialist or manager (and I’m thinking of many military roles that also fit this category).
johneaston commented on :
For sure you can. Bad GCSEs might limit your options initially but you can always recover from this later on in your career. The question to ask is why your GCSEs were bad. It might be that you know the subject but can’t get it down on paper in an exam? If they are bad because you didn’t put any effort into learning then that’s a different problem. The former won’t cause you any issues. The latter will need to be addressed if you want to succeed.