UAI relevance in casual sales

[socksie]

i went to an interview today for a casual sales assistant and the guy asked me what my UAI was.

i think it is highly irrelevant and i thought he was rude for asking. it's none of his business what mark i got or what school i went to or why i got a scholarship to uni.

is this just me?

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Yes it is just you.. He just wanted to know how you went at school, it could be the difference between getting the job and someone else getting the job.. I don't think it is that big a deal really, all my school marks are in my portfolio i take to interviews.

 

[Anonymous]

I think employers just use a UAI as an overall mark, which is technically incorrect.

Won't worry me though, I never got one.

 

[~doggie~diva~]

craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap! :shock: my uai was a shocker :? ..... should i be worried now 8-[

 

[keeney]

how didn't u get one earl, and why should you be offended didnt you get 92 or thereabouts socksie?

 

[brook]

halfy i didn't realise you set the standard for 'most people'

I agree they shouldn't be asking for your UAI - wanting to know your HSC marks is one thing but the UAI is not supposed to be used in that way. Problem is a lot of people do see it as some sort of an IQ test which it isn't.

 

[t-ba]

Hindy looks like the dude from Sliders in that pic...

They usually ask leavers for their UAI. I've never actually applied for a job in my life though, so I'm only basing this on other peoples experiences (One of the few things a closely knit extended family is good for is Casual Employment).

Why are you worried about divulging your UAI if you got 90+? Hell, You produce a UAI of 80 and you've probably trumped the other applicants...

 

[Anonymous]

how didn't u get one earl, and why should you be offended didnt you get 92 or thereabouts socksie?

Because I only did 8 Board Endorsed Units. The other 2 units I did was SLR.

If I had it would have been low 60's me thinks.

 

[brook]

Why are you worried about divulging your UAI if you got 90+? Hell, You produce a UAI of 80 and you've probably trumped the other applicants...

I don't know - I don't normally give out my UAI (not that anyone would ask now but I didn't when it was still likely) as I don't think its relevant.

To be honest now a few years on I don't even remember what it WAS exactly...an older friend of mine told me that would happen but I didn't believe her, you spend so long obsessing over it to realise it really means nothing at all

 

[t-ba]

I can barely Remember mine after 4 months. I got a score adequate enough to get into my course, and that was all that mattered.

 

[brook]

well thats about it - once you're in uni nobody cares.

 

[t-ba]

True. I went to a selective school, So People will still be remembering their totals come the 40 year reunions :lol: :roll: . I almost feel sorry for them...Especially the guy who CRIED when he came second in the state in Economics..

 

[brook]

:lol: I remember our school dux cried when I beat her in a chemistry comp...it was pretty funny

 

[t-ba]

He got a 100 UAI. I don't what more he wanted...

 

[socksie]

how didn't u get one earl, and why should you be offended didnt you get 92 or thereabouts socksie?

oi! ssshhhhh

its not what i actually got its the point that he asked
i just hope he doesnt use that against me cuz most ppl wouldnt hire someone with a UAI of 90+ if they simply want someone for casual sales
i just dont think its at all relevant

t-ba which selective did you go to buddy?
doesnt it shit you when all the brains are crying over their "low" marks when their lowest mark is like 5 marks higher than your highest??! :roll:

 

[t-ba]

Earl didn't get one because he didn't do enough board approved units. Boo-urns :lol:

I went to Sydney Boys High. I'm so happy I'm away from that pathetic rank system that everyone went crazy about in year 11 and 12.

 

[socksie]

I went to Sydney Boys High. I'm so happy I'm away from that pathetic rank system that everyone went crazy about in year 11 and 12.

omg i so know what u mean!!
i was ranked 139 out of 154 and i was like, yeah whatever
this girl in my grade was ranked 29 and she cried for a week

it was like an academic hell hole
so glad to be out

 

[t-ba]

The System is wrong. most of the really high achievers in my school lack the inter-personal skills to be succesful in any field other than R & D, and a few others will end up being academic kooks.

The system is also wrong because people with;
A) Good maths skills, or;
B) Naturally excellent Essay writing skills ( :lol: )

Can pull a 90+ out of their a*ses without working at all.

Before I got my UAI I seriosuly thought I would get a 70.

 

[Anonymous]

B) Naturally excellent Essay writing skills ( )

Can pull a 90+ out of their a*ses without working at all

I don't see the problem with that... It worked for me... :lol:

 

[t-ba]

Essay skills are what got me through high school. I Probably would have become a labourer when I was 15 if it weren't for those :lol: