Poor academic performance

[equinox]

I'll be graduating from college at the end of the summer with what seems likely to be a 3rd class honours in software engineering. It's not that I didn't work in college, I did but I'm not at all academically talented and whilst there are things I excel at, I have never been able to do well at things I'm not interested in.

 

As it stands, my CV is pretty solid. I've plenty of work experience, I have profession musical abilities and I even wrote a book (wasn't very long) but this third class degree stuff has be worries as, it seems, a hell of alot of employers want a 2.1 minimum to even consider an applicant.

 

This concerns me as, even though I don't have hopes of a 100k a year a year salary, I do want to keep a roof over my head. Employers here in Ireland seem to have an unhealthy fixation with grades even though, in my opinion, they don't show a person's value. Could my poor grades be a real problem in getting a job next year?

[pinkelephant]

Well, I don't know how it is in Ireland, but in Canada/States, people care more about your CV than your grades. If they care about your grades a lot in Ireland, then I would either get a couple of upgrades or do some serious networking.

[IntotheWild]

You could always move to the US/Canada. I've never had an employer ask me for my transcripts or had anyone ask my GPA in an interview. We don't have degree classes here in the US either. I'm not really sure what a 3rd class degree is.

[thejigsup]

I live in the United States and while GPA does matter if there are a lot of applicants for the job, what they look for here is where you graduated from. I got lucky and had a full ride for four years at a very prestigious, private college in So Cal. It has opened a lot of doors. I put down that I graduated from there, and I almost always get interviewed and often get the job. I think it depends on where you live as to what employers are looking for.