Recent content by paul_od

Well I've stirred up a hornets nest here haven't I? Plenty of ****wits walking around with degrees mate and there's plenty of highly intelligent people out there without the piece of paper who chose other routes instead. I think its perfectly possible to be capable of doing something, and to...

I think the word you are looking for is too...

I think my point really was to illustrate graduate calibre. To be fair, I am trying to do something positive as I don't meet the graduate requirements of the adverts I have seen, but I have the potential. Thanks for your input though...

Thanks Vix

I'm afraid it demonstrates nothing except confused time lines. I was a fire-fighter from '93 - '03 and had a Cambridge offer in 2000. Also even in 1993 there were nearly 2000 applicants for 9 jobs as fire-fighters. I was presented with the opportunity to start my career early so I took it. A...

Hi I am looking to enter the financial markets and require a trainee position. My only experience is trading my own [small] account on E-trade. In 2009 I achieved 68% growth on this account. I am a graduate calibre ex-firefighter who has been running my own business since 2006. I have no...