She has a first-class honours degree in marketing management
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also did a one-year internship at Amazon
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Now, we had some laugh, but does she actually have any skills? Apart from marketing... Influencers... social media and other crap.
I can’t help but think what the point is of my degree that I spent four years working hard for
In marketing? Absolutely none.
Lee, who is 18 and has been looking for a job in Manchester for four months after finishing her A-levels, said the market was “a waste of time and very depressing”. “They ask you for experience that you can’t get without first having a job,” she said. “I am multilingual, I speak three languages
I would hire him ten times over a "marketing graduate". Multilingual people are usually adding a lot. Asking for experience for an entry level role is a sign of HR led stupidity.
As a pretty multilingual person, just being multilingual isn't enough. You need qualifications/experience in something else. Especially if your first language is English - companies don't care to hire you over the non-native whose English is 'good enough' (because, to be fair, it often is.
edit: happy to be proven wrong - if you need an English/German/Spanish/Italian speaker and you pay better than the Civil Service - drop me a line 😉
I stand by what I said though. If you don't see the merits in getting a first-class degree in and of itself, then it doesn't surprise me that you jumped to assumptions despite all the information you needed being laid out in front of you.
I wouldn't be shocked to find that you're also the kind of person who also uses the phrase "Mickey Mouse Degree".
I manage a software team. My degrees are both in computery stuff. The single best developer I've had on my team, however, had a degree in fine art.
Degrees are not simply about learning facts, they're about learning analysis and evaluation, and then creating something with a degree of rigour far above A-level standard.
So back to your original question, there are tons of actual skills acquired on a marketing degree. The fact she got a first means that she's really good at them too.
So what is your point then? That there isn't high unemployment, and the Guardian just found a loser with a marketing degree?
Because it seems that your entire purpose in posting this article was to sneer at someone who you consider yourself above. If you don't want calling out for being a condescending prick, don't go out of your way to be a condescending prick.
Nope, it's still just coming across as a Poundland-Farage diatribe, I'm afraid.
Perhaps if you have any friends in marketing they could give some of your posts a look over? Make your messaging clearer, and fix all the little errors while they're at it?
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FelixCress@lemmy.world · -17 pts · 301d
🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Now, we had some laugh, but does she actually have any skills? Apart from marketing... Influencers... social media and other crap.
In marketing? Absolutely none.
I would hire him ten times over a "marketing graduate". Multilingual people are usually adding a lot. Asking for experience for an entry level role is a sign of HR led stupidity.
curlywurly@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 301d
As a pretty multilingual person, just being multilingual isn't enough. You need qualifications/experience in something else. Especially if your first language is English - companies don't care to hire you over the non-native whose English is 'good enough' (because, to be fair, it often is.
edit: happy to be proven wrong - if you need an English/German/Spanish/Italian speaker and you pay better than the Civil Service - drop me a line 😉
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 301d
We are talking about a 18 y/o kid. For an entry level role, being multilingual and pretty intelligent is enough.
HermitBee@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 301d
Him?
I mean, sure, compared to someone who struggles with repeating pronouns they've just quoted.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 300d
I assumed Lee is a male?
Hilarious.
Apepollo11@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 300d
Ah, so you completely stopped reading after the first few words? Makes sense.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 300d
Why don't you kiss my arse, you patronising, sarcastic prick?
Apepollo11@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 300d
Touche.
I stand by what I said though. If you don't see the merits in getting a first-class degree in and of itself, then it doesn't surprise me that you jumped to assumptions despite all the information you needed being laid out in front of you.
I wouldn't be shocked to find that you're also the kind of person who also uses the phrase "Mickey Mouse Degree".
I manage a software team. My degrees are both in computery stuff. The single best developer I've had on my team, however, had a degree in fine art.
Degrees are not simply about learning facts, they're about learning analysis and evaluation, and then creating something with a degree of rigour far above A-level standard.
So back to your original question, there are tons of actual skills acquired on a marketing degree. The fact she got a first means that she's really good at them too.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 300d
Me too - you can kiss my arse.
Apepollo11@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 300d
You stopped reading after the first few words again? Makes sense.
HermitBee@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 300d
Thanks 🙏
It works especially well because you come across as the sort of person who would look down on people making basic English mistakes.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 300d
I am not a native speaker - and your sarcasm completely missed the point, unless the point was to be a racist. 🙄
HermitBee@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 300d
So what is your point then? That there isn't high unemployment, and the Guardian just found a loser with a marketing degree?
Because it seems that your entire purpose in posting this article was to sneer at someone who you consider yourself above. If you don't want calling out for being a condescending prick, don't go out of your way to be a condescending prick.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 300d
Read again. Slowly.
HermitBee@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 300d
Nope, it's still just coming across as a Poundland-Farage diatribe, I'm afraid.
Perhaps if you have any friends in marketing they could give some of your posts a look over? Make your messaging clearer, and fix all the little errors while they're at it?