I would leave it on, if only to prove what you have been doing …
I worked at a University from early 90,s, a lot of the students I got to know and still in touch with are working but in jobs with no relevance to their degree… many are doing call centre crap ect…
I also blame the govt lies at the time, and simply many kids did not have any other option then to go to Uni… some ended up doing mickey mouse courses that mean sweet fa, yep all the brains but seriously lacking in common sense and general life/people skills… I also think a lot of companies and places like NHS are failing because of this, many took on graduates from business studies course,s and the like, but as said they lack the simple life/people skills, cannot communicate properly, see the staff as numbers on a board ect…
Radar19:
As it stands today, I still have over £20,000 of debt to repay. I’m not bothered a jot by this.
The problem is you start work with £20,000 of debt, at a time when you could either be enjoying a bit of spare income or saving up for a house. Next thing is you’ll want a house so that a mortgage, more debt and so on.
A cynical person might think the establishment has planned to keep the workforce in perpetual debt, keeps them quiet and keeps them working to pay the debt off.
I have a student loan to repay. Its repayment is a pittance at 9% of gross income above £21k so in a week when I earned £590 I only had £16 deducted for my student loan. It doesn’t count when applying for mortgages, anything unpaid after 30 years is written off. The way it functions is effectively no different than a graduate tax.
Have two seperate CVs - one that includes the degree, and detail about any other work you’ve done that “made use of it…”
…The other leaving it off, and filling up the gaps with any “Work Experience” you might have had.
Looking back, I only got my first proper job (earning the same as those working around me) because I left my qualifications off my own CV…
The last job I applied for that actually “requested” the qualifications I have - was Communications Officer in the Navy - a job which I didn’t get.
The last time I was asked to actually produce the certificates - was getting into the college that I last attended, to do IT & Physical Sciences.
The only qualification that’s already well on the way to earning me a £1m - is the C+E entitlement on my driving licence.
I’d leave it on. When I interview someone it’s more of a chat type thing so it’s a conversation piece more than anything. It wouldn’t affect your ability to get the job one way or the other. What I want to see in no particular order, is that you have the right license, an assessment drive and that you come across as an OK bloke.
I don’t have a degree, it doesn’t bother me if someone else does.
+1 for Captain C as well. If you have more of something , it devalues it, so in short a degree no longer commands the respect it used to unless it’s in chemical engineering or medecine or some equally complex subject. The only degree I’d have a problem with is Logistics, they generally appear without having a clue what a truck is.
