How important is English when job hunting?

Soldato
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Hello.

I got a D in English at GCSE, and I'm now faced with a decision. Go to college and re-do my English GCSE, or forget about it and do something else.

I guess my question is, how difficult is having a D is English going to make things for me in the future?

I'm currently studying ICT and Business at sixth-form and am expecting high grades especially in business. I would like to either go on to do business at a higher level, or go straight into employment.

Thank you.
 
Soldato
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I work in ICT and dont think GCSE is that important in my experiance anyway, its more of the specialist IT qualifications that are important, I think as long as you have 5 x A-C GCSE (as a stepping stone to college etc) then it should be fine generally speaking, most employers are different.
 
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I'd just list your GCSE's without grades beside them. A pass is a pass, I got A's and B's (back when A was actually the best :p) and I didn't bother listing grades - I don't bother listing GCSE's these days mind.
 
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Some courses at uni may require to to have at least a C or above in English and Maths at GCSE, but that being said they may over look it as a blip if you get A's at A level
 
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A friend of mine had to resit his GCSE maths and english in his last year of uni as they wouldnt let him graduate untill he got a C or above.

This was a Business Studies course at Edge Hill though so im not sure if applies anywhere else.
 
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