When all the HE is over...what next?

[Mung]

I'm interested in HE. Up until 3 weeks ago, I had never really considered any other option than school for my DCs (both under school age). I come from a family of teachers and I used to teach at secondary level myself. To me, it was always what 'you had to do' and there was no other option.

I realise that I still have a lot of research to do on the topic before I make the final decision and launch into it, but I have 2 main concerns and here is one of them:

How does the 'World of Work' perceive people who have been educated at home? I truly understand the benefits of HE, but is it all totally wasted if the young person cannot get a job and follow their chosen path at the end of it? Do companies just turn their nose up at the gap in the CV where it says nothing for the schools they attended, or do they focus on the grades and the interests the person has?

TIA

Was lurking on here a short while ago and someone else asked a similar question. One of the replies was from a university admissions tutor, said that in her experience admissions tutors were usually in competition trying to attract the HE kids because they found their maturity and enthusiasm for learning such assets to the group.

Thats interesting...I thought I had looked carefully through the threads before posting, but I'll have to check again.