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Mitigating Circumstances – do they ever exist and do you need to mention them on a CV or at a job interview?

Reading Time: 3 minutesNo. Mitigating circumstances do not exist. Ever. Well, hardly ever. “Mitigating circumstances” is probably one of the most irritating phrases ever to come out of university careers advice centres. What a fantastic excuse for rubbish grades. We have just had a CV in from someone using the term when they got a 2.1 from a…

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