matric certificate

[marryme]

i have completed my secondary schooling, with passing Maths, Science, Biology, Business Economics, English and Afrikaans, that means i have a matric certificate passed with a merit. In my UK cv, what do i put, because i do not think my potential employers know what matric certificate is.

[heathfield]

They ought to know, but for a UK equivalent we need to know which country you sat your exams in.

[Jay70]

Hi marryme,

My wife did her schooling in SA and unfortunatley as you say many employers here hadn't got a clue as to what a matric was. She managed to find someone who told her what it was the equivalent to in A levels. She used to be head chasher at investec bank in Jo burg but that seemed to mean diddly squat too and she had to work her way back up from a basic cashier. I think that was due to working with money though as she had to start off working at a Turf accoutants (yuk). We have some other friends over from SA who seemed to get a job fairly easily but they were in other areas of employment but had experience. I wish you luck as she felt really demoralised but we got through it. All the best.
jason

[heathfield]

There's an organisation set up by the UK government called 'NARIC' that converts foreign educational certification into the UK equivalent, for employment, or for getting into uni. Trouble is it costs �36. But have a look here. Hope it's useful.