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So, who still has their GCSE certificates?

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Borisjohnsonshairbrush · 20/08/2021 14:01

So, I'm 36, I've been working 20 years and my new employer wants to see my GCSE certificates. So yes kids, they are important Grin

Admin/receptionist job.

Lost them years ago during a house move and its going to cost me several forms of I.D and £45.00 to get them from AQA.

Who else still has theirs 15+ years later?

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SuperLoudPoppingAction · 20/08/2021 14:04

I do, somewhere, although my a-levels came when I was living abroad and my parents lost them.
I'm glad kept them as the exam boards all changed after I did mine.

I've never been asked for either.
Only for my degree cert and transcripts for academic stuff.

Sleepingdogs12 · 20/08/2021 14:05

Yes, nearly 40 years later. Halo

TravellingSpoon · 20/08/2021 14:05

Yep, I have mine and know exactly where they are.

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AtticusMcPlatypus · 20/08/2021 14:06

Yep, still have mine. I was the first year of GCSEs in 1988 so they are 33 years old now. I did actually have to show them at a job interview for the local council around 5 years ago too so glad I didn't lose them!

parietal · 20/08/2021 14:06

nope but I do (I think) have my degree & PhD certificates.

dh & I managed to lose the wedding certificate within 2 yrs of getting married & had to get a duplicate.

VikingNorthUtsire · 20/08/2021 14:07

I'm in my late 40s, still have mine and have had to show them to prospective employers.

I also worked in a school office and frequently had to break bad news to people who thought we might still have their certificates in our files, when they'd left in 1982.

TopBitchoftheWitches · 20/08/2021 14:07

I do, in the nice folder they have me from school.

Magpiecomplex · 20/08/2021 14:07

Yep. In my 40s and have needed them several times recently!

54321nought · 20/08/2021 14:08

I have all my certificates, 40 years later, you really do need to keep them. I am regularly asked for them.

Oblomov21 · 20/08/2021 14:08

Nope. Never had them, don't even know which exam boards I sat them on, but I know I sat on nearly every exam board there was, 30 years ago.

Original poster
Borisjohnsonshairbrush · 20/08/2021 14:08

this must be a new thing? I've never had to show them, even when i worked for a law firm, this is just a car dealership.

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FourTeaFallOut · 20/08/2021 14:09

God, I don't know. Perhaps? I mean, I didn't throw them out but I haven't seen them in decades. They must be in the most neglected spot in the attic next to a sega mega drive and a Walkman.

GintyMcGinty · 20/08/2021 14:10

Somewhere in a box in the loft with other bits and bobs.

I don't know what value they would be to an employer. I am fairly certain I couldn't perform a chemistry experiment or write a geography essay.

ElCaMum · 20/08/2021 14:10

🙋‍♀️ But I’ve never been asked for them…

MNmonster · 20/08/2021 14:10

My mum has them.

Our company only asks for evidence of your most recent professional qualifications. So I only needed my degree certificate. Thankfully, HR tool a copy so I haven't had to dig it back out yet.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 20/08/2021 14:11

@parietal

nope but I do (I think) have my degree & PhD certificates.

dh & I managed to lose the wedding certificate within 2 yrs of getting married & had to get a duplicate.

We accidentally destroyed our wedding certificate within the first month... the vicar found it hilarious and admitted to doing exactly the same with his. (Washing machine.)
sofiathe2nd · 20/08/2021 14:11

Yup, but only because I lost the originals and ad to order duplicates. I’ve been asked for them every time I’ve started a new job

FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 20/08/2021 14:12

I do, which was lucky as one of my exam boards doesn't exist any more and my last job wanted copies. They were a bit obsessive about proof of everything, I wouldn't have put it past them to ask for Primary school reports by the end...

JamieNotJames · 20/08/2021 14:12

I have and I'm 42.
Still in my lovely maroon Record of Achievement binder. Smile

I've never been asked to provide them for job applications however!!

goose1964 · 20/08/2021 14:13

My uni lost mine and the WJEC doesn't do duplicates.

OnTheBoardwalk · 20/08/2021 14:13

Nope I can’t even remember what grades I got

Started job recently and they just wanted a copy of my most recent qualification

GreyhoundG1rl · 20/08/2021 14:14

@54321nought

I have all my certificates, 40 years later, you really do need to keep them. I am regularly asked for them.
Regularly?!
clary · 20/08/2021 14:16

I've still got mine, more than 40 years later.

When I retrained as a teacher I had to prove I had a degree and Maths/English GCSE (well, O level in my case Grin)

UncomfortableSilence · 20/08/2021 14:17

@JamieNotJames

I have and I'm 42. Still in my lovely maroon Record of Achievement binder. Smile

I've never been asked to provide them for job applications however!!

I have mine in my Record of Achievement folder too!! Found it in the loft last week.

I've never been asked for certificates of any of my qualifications for a job?

Thekormachameleon · 20/08/2021 14:17

I had this recently.
Here's a tip, do a subject access request. I got my results for free

Thank me later Smile

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