Value of good academic credentials

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Look its a given that if you hv the right contacts in the company, or if u used to be an intern in the company, you have a better chance for FO roles. My answer above assumes that you have neither, and the recruiter is reviewing your resume on an unbiased basis.

Agree that internship and university results are most important and thought I had made myself clear enough in my post. if you have a singaporean screening, jc track record etc will play a part as well.

I'm not a recruiter but am on the business end deciding which of the HR screened candidates to call for an interview. So believe it or not, I leave to the forum, but tot I'd give my 2c ...

thanks for your opinion. it is good to have varying opinions whether it be from HR, Interviewers, CV screeners etc etc. After all, selection and interviewing can be highly discretionary. So it good to see what different people look for.

from what I know, people tend to choose people to are similar to themselves. for example, if the interviewer was academically driven, he/she would tend to be more inclined toward choosing those with stellar academic result because the interviewer him/herself is a model of success.

you have to work in a very local bank for jc to matter. almost nobody cares about ur jc credentials. this is especially so when the hiring manager is a foreigner who has no concept of jc.

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Originally Posted by esoteric

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I think this matters only if you are fighting with a group of people who are the same as you. For example, when everyone is a fresh grad, fighting for an associate position, then grade is one big factor.

If you are an MBA holder, fighting to enter a mgt consultancy as an analyst, then grade is one big factor.

If you are an experienced old hand in project manager, fighting against a whole load of project managers for the job, the company is going to choose the guy who has managed the most big projects, in the same field, proven track record. I don't it it matters if he comes from NTU and has a 4.0 GPA during his bachelor year.

So, to add to that...

if you are thinking of switch career via the masters degree path, then the door to your goal is the graduate associate programs.

Trying for jobs that other experienced hires who are already in the same industry will apply for is going to be fruitless because you aren't one of those same apples that they are comparing against. So your CV goes right down into the bin.