…where this relic was required. Going through security/checks for a new job and they wanted evidence of my GCSE results from 20+ years ago, had to track this bad boy down at my mums house.

by Professional_Tell_74

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  1. I have absolutely no idea where mine is. Not seen it in 25+ years. Didn’t even come across it when we were clearing out my deceased mums house. I definitely don’t have it. Must have got chucked out at some point 🤷‍♂️

  2. An employer looking your 20 year old GCSE results sound like an absolute wab.

  4. Mine was in my ma’s house under a pile of text books I’d forgot to give back that caused great upset cause they billed her for them… It’s empty as fuck 😅

  5. I put my GCSE certs in a folder and binned the record of achievement. 

  6. So an employer is looking 20 year old GCSE results. This means you’re at least 35/36 and have prob been in employment for over 10 years. What a joke. Stay well clear. No employer should care about your exam results if you’ve got the required work experience.

  9. Remember being told in school that if your house is burning down, grab your record of achievement and get out.  I couldn’t tell you where it is.  I left school 15 years ago and haven’t needed it yet.

  10. Yer da goes to interviews with his National Record of Achievement

  11. Security check… its not mitec is it? Place is a glorified call centre

  13. It’s a good folder, but that’s all it’s ever done. Handy to keep the documents in the right place

  15. Had to do the same, lucky it fit on the book shelf and hadn’t moved for 20 years.

  16. QUB didn’t even ask me for mine when I matriculated.

  17. Didn’t even need this for security checks to work at the airport & those are quite intricate too

    Why should your GCSEs matter if you have higher qualifications after that too?
    Sounds a little crazy 😂

  18. USER Professional_Tell_74….This is your Life.

  19. It’s to check you have basic English and Maths.
    No matter how good your Maths is, your English needs to be even gooder.

  20. They don’t even give these things out no more. GCSE results come on a bit of paper now, not like the certificates we used to have.

  22. Pffft mine is close to 35 years past, no hope I know where it is and if an employer asked me for proof then we’re both SOL

  23. I was a teacher for 8 years & filling these in was a painful annual experience.
    For good pupils it was a joy & easy to write.
    For the aggressive &/or lazy gits it was difficult as you weren’t allowed to write anything negative, i.e. the truth.
    So nothing like “Billy/Sean wouldn’t know an honest day’s work if it came up & slapped him.
    Any prospective employer will need to plant a well-aimed kick up the arse daily to get him going.”
    Nothing like that.
    So you ended up writing,
    “Billy/Sean attended Science classes.” & nothing else.
    Whereas the great lads & lasses got a full paragraph of praise & their fantastic work ethic.

  24. I would not get this job, I don’t even have my degree cert handy. I’d actually be annoyed enough that they asked that I’d probably walk away.

  26. This is quite usual for Financial Services to be fair they have to prove you are “fit and proper” to be FCA regulated and that includes being truthful about exam results.

  27. I had forgotten about this, definitely needs a good update 😆.

  28. I applied for an agency and only after I’d paid for mandatory training did they tell me they needed all my employment history, with references from each one, from the time I left school. I lolled and said don’t you realise I’m an auld doll and left school in 1989? Most the places I had jobs in aren’t even open any more FS. Told them then F off and reported them the their regulatory body for false advertising.

    Moral of the story is don’t apply for #Bond Healthcare.

  29. Can anyone match our schools presentation of these – handed over, absolutely randomly, by none other than Adrian “Lovey” Logan himself!

  30. No idea where mine would be tbh. Given I have postgraduate qualifications and over a decade of experience I’d be surprised if anyone asked me for it.

  31. The manufacturer of these things deserves a medal. They are like cockroaches, you just can’t kill em…

  32. All my certificates including the Bicycle Proficiency Test remain on the plastic sleeve. They are forever melded with this reminder of my years in the gulags aka High School.

  33. I have no idea in the world where mine is or what I’d do if someone asked me
    To prove GCSEs, hell I don’t even put my GCSEs on my CV anymore

  35. I moved to America and my parents brought mine over for me when they first visited lol

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