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If you finished with 3rd class does not mean the end of the world.

I know a couple of guys that are doing extremely well and they finished
with 3rd class. Most don't have master or any other certificates at least
when they started.

I know of a friend that was actaully very good with his practicals as an engineer
in school. He finished with a third class though. That didn't stop that guy from
applying for even jobs that asked for just 2 1 and above.

He was able to attend an attitude test for one of those jobs and did very
well, better than some first class graduates. He is in that job and doing great.

Do should not lose your confidence at all. Try and learn that you can that
will help to you stand out from the crowd. Its not going to be easy but do it.

If you are strictly the job conscious type that believe you counldn't land much
unless you have a certificate to back you up, then I will recommend you getting a
pgd and masters. Or you could get your master straight from outside the
country, some colleges in England offer such if you have the cash to pay
their fees.

If you very open minded, then you could try starting your own business.
If you get it right, it could be very rewarding. It really is not easy at the beginning,
but if you stick it out you will definitely succeed.

If you don't have the capital to start a business, you could learn a lot about starting
a business, managing one, marketing, sales and what ever you could lay your hands
on about business and any other skill that might interest and is marketable.

Then you could sell, yourself and your acquired skills to firms and small businesses,
show them how you could affect their bottom line(profit) and if you do a great job
at that, it will not be difficult to find a place where you could patch, learn a few tricks
and set up later. This is not going to be as easy as it sounds, but definitely worth a shot
if you don't have much options.

Hope this helps?