Should I stick a 2.2 on my CV?

[photosnob]

I've managed to get a 2.2 from the open university. I'm neither proud or ashamed of it. I realised I didn't enjoy the subject and had little motivation to work at it with a full time job.

Anyway - after the summer I'll be moving to London. So I need to get a new job. I'm not a youngster - I'm closer to 30 than 20, and I'm not looking for graduate jobs. My partner has a great opportunity so we are moving. Anyway - I'll be looking for sales roles, and am wondering if its worth putting it on there.

My logic is - without I can just say I wasn't interested in academia and wanted to make money, but with it on there they are going to think I'm just a bit thick. It's in Natural Sciences - Physics if that makes any difference.

So to anyone recruitment consultants or hiring managers on here - should I include it or not?

[photosnob]

Fair enough - I'll add it on. I'm not ashamed off it. I just didn't enjoy it. And was happier spending my free time taking photo's and doing stuff I like that reading some of the material. I just don't fancy answering questions about why I dind't get a 2.1 etc... My boss has already been at it... Telling me about his 2.1 etc... But it can't really hurt for none graduate roles I suppose.

[photosnob]

Thanks to everyone - I honestly didn't expect to get such kind words from you all. Especially those who I have clashed keyboards with on other parts of the forum. I didn't do the course for career reasons - I wanted to finish of something I started a long time ago. When I started I had the idea in my head that it would be getting a degree by watching videos (like the old late night OU BBC programmes) and I was certainly proven wrong. It was one of the hardest things I have done - looking back right now I am slightly proud of it. I definitely think I could have got a 2.1 - but paying the bills and work came first. More importantly I realised just how boring and monotonous physics really is.

I'll take the advice on board and list it on my CV. I am not expecting to get graduate jobs - so I can't see it being used against me. If anything is mentioned I'll tell the truth and say I worked hard but that was all I was capable off with a full time job and adult life.

I plan on sticking in sales. I'll probably end up in London being a recruitment consultant or something of that ilk. That's fine - if I was destined to talk rubbish until retirement I can live with that. I am just looking forward to focussing on the things I really love now, travelling, photography, reading and generally looking on wikipedia and the like at rubbish.

[photosnob]

Porkinsider - the simple reason I can't see myself using the degree for works reasons is because I don't want to go onto a graduate scheme, and I don't have enough management experience to use it at a senior level. So I will probably continue career wise as I was. If employers like it then that is nice. But I did it for me. I just wished I'd done it in something I had a bit more interest in. Ironically - I'd have really enjoyed engineering. I like the practical side of things, but spending hours deriving formulae rather than using them wasn't my idea of fun.