Have you ever wondered what employers think about your grades? After all, isn\u2019t having your degree \u2013 that parchment presented at the end of years of study \u2013 all they care about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No extra pressure, but many employers do <\/em>care about grades. Larger organisations who offer vacation and graduate programs tend to have a grade benchmark. Not all will ask for your academic transcript or give more weight to higher grades \u2013 but many will. They want to see an indication of how<\/a> well you\u2019ve being doing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good grades are not simply proof of being clever. They can show employers that you are interested in – and can get to grips with – your subject matter. They can also demonstrate that you are methodical, organised, reliable and can perform under pressure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are sitting at a course weighted average of 65% or above, that can be seen as doing well. We\u2019d even suggest you add this info to your resume and promote it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have organisations in mind you\u2019d like to work for, check to see if they make mention of any cut off grades. If you\u2019re looking at postgrad studies in the future, we\u2019d also suggest you check out the entry requirements \u2013 find out if there are any cut off scores needed to get in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If all this turns you cold and you\u2019re thinking your grades aren\u2019t going to cut it, think about your other qualities. Some employers consider juggling work or community obligations, such as volunteering, with study as an alternative way of demonstrating commitment, time management and determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, no matter if you\u2019re expecting a sense of accomplishment when you get your exam results or think you may not have done as well as you would have liked, come <\/a>and<\/a> see us<\/a>. We can talk about how you\u2019re doing and map out where you are right now in relation to the kind of jobs you\u2019ll be looking for in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This article was written by<\/strong> Career Development Consultant, Susan Surgener.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever wondered what employers think about your grades?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4442,"featured_media":21769,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"4712,7892,6203,4579,7077,4910","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[131],"class_list":["post-21750","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-careers"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}},"post_components":false},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Do-percentages-count-OASISNews-1000x500.jpg","author_meta":{"display_name":"Erica Stewart"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 06:06:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/21750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/21750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=21750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}