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‘The Apprentice’ winner had no degree, couldn’t spell and lied on his degree – but still managed to land the job of a lifetime! by Tom Short |
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Of the four finalists, it was the one with only 8 GCSEs and no degree that landed the six figure salary job as Sir Alan’s latest protégé. Lee McQueen, the pterodactyl-impersonating sales manager from Buckinghamshire, beat around 20,000 applicants to become ‘The Apprentice’ on Wednesday, despite being far less academically qualified than the other finalists. Barbara Johnson, Human Resources director for GKN Drive Time, believes that the importance of academia depends on the job. She said: "For me it’s always an equation of qualifications and experience. If it’s a professional job in finance, for example, I think academic qualifications are a lot more important - for general management, perhaps not so" He was hired despite being caught lying on his CV in the penultimate episode, stating that he had spent two years studying for a degree, when he had in fact dropped out after four months. When asked if this would constitute an immediate dismissal, Mrs Johnson said: “It again depends a lot on the role - if you are putting someone in charge of assets, or finances or safety then the ability to tell the truth is a lot more critical. Perhaps in direct selling, the ability to embroider is a bit more, well, it’s what they do!” Asked by the Telegraph if he had been disingenuous, Lee said: “Yeah, but a CV is a conversational tool. I have got nine years of recruitment experience and the CV is about having a little conversation about something with someone else.” It can only be hoped that Lee wasn’t made to spell ‘disingenous’ – the same CV contained the line: “Today's goals will be different from tommorrows until I finally fulfill my ambtion to be recoingsed”. It looks like neither good CV nor an academic background are necessary to land the perfect job…
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