Thread 55 - Covid GCSE Cohort - Autumn 25 - Yr 4 Uni and Graduates

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This is a support thread for our young adults post GCSEs 2020, regardless of their educational setting, and their results ( or life updates for those who went into work or have had results earlier). It is respectfully requested that all are supportive and helpful to each other. If you want to start a debate, e.g state vs private, uni vs employment please don't within this thread.
Some of us have been here since first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. Everyone is welcome. It is hoped this will continue. We were previously on the secondary board and then further education, now we shall be here in 'Parents of Adult Children' gulp
Our DS/DD may continue down various pathways ( employment, apprenticeships, higher ed). Experience is that everyone is welcomed wherever, whatever their child is doing we have some in work, gap years , apprenticeships etc too. Lots of contributors with different experiences and always sympathy and advice to be had.
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Brilliant news @crazycrofter and fingers crossed @Shimy

@Piggywaspushed the whole system is broken isn’t it, the more jobs they apply for, the higher volume of applicants each role receives, the more they have to rely on AI screening. I have to say if she’s applying for 20 jobs a day whilst juggling work, study and running a business I take my hat off to her, but possibly she isn’t tailoring her applications enough etc. But with that CV she should stand out regardless.

Yeah but you'd think AI could do rejection letters too and not ghost applicants.

@Shimyi thought it was a letter m rather than n, but when I did the @ shiny came up 🤷‍♀️

That’s exactly how dd is feeling. It’s just so wrong. Each application takes hours and hours.