excuses, excuses

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Excuses, excuses

When I tell students this, I'm often given an excuses some of which are given below.

I don't have any experience

that

don't have any projects

this

## I do not have the grades

Whatever you are studying, its easy to fall into a trap of thinking that your grades aren't good enough. While there are some employers who really care about your grades, there are plenty who don't. These employers are more interested in what you're like as a person, so any projects, experience or other activities you've done that demonstrate will help you stand out against rival candidates with better grades.

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(ref:captionnotverygood) Do you have the grades? Not all employers care about your academic grades because they're only a small part of what you have to offer as an employee. Academic failures – got any previous? by Visual Thinkery is licenced under CC-BY-ND

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