{"id":55351,"date":"2012-02-11T05:59:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T22:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/graduates-is-a-21-the-best-qualification-for-landing-a-job\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T10:12:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T03:12:58","slug":"graduates-is-a-21-the-best-qualification-for-landing-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/graduates-is-a-21-the-best-qualification-for-landing-a-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduates: is a 2:1 the best qualification for landing a job?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTwo-thirds of large employers say they use a 2:1 to sift job applications. Now a new criteria \u2013 the Hear report \u2013 aims to offer a more rounded method of assessing students’ abilitiesIs the 2:1 an effective gauge of a\u00a0graduate’s employability \u2013 and if not, why are employers increasingly using it as a filter? That was the question under discussion by graduate recruitment and higher education experts in London last week.Delegates at the Graduate AnswerTime event, hosted by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), Bernard Hodes Group and Totaljobs.com, heard that around three-quarters of large graduate employers \u2013 a proportion that has risen significantly in the past two years \u2013 routinely use the 2:1 to sift out applications. But despite that, most employers say they have little faith in the integrity of the classification. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Two-thirds of large employers say they use a 2:1 to sift job applications. 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