Tertiary and Continuing Golden Key

[ThePezDispenser]

Anyone hear of them and what they can offer?

I was sent an invite for being in the top 15% of students within the faculty.

There's a $100+ joining fee and an intro night (A night where I already have an important career event) so I'm just tossing up whether to join?

 

[garry75]

I didn't join when I got the letter. It seemed like pointless wank to me. There are some threads on whirlpool that pretty much say the same thing.

 

[kickazz]

Geez is that s**t still going.
Never joined when I was at uni - thought is was a bit of a wank too. It could be okay, meeting people, etc but to be honest since I left uni (12 years ago) I had forgotten it even existed - that's how much I've come accross it since.

 

[ThePezDispenser]

You've made my decision pretty easy thus far.

 

[checkraiseulite]

If you're hard up with cash just put it on your resume and don't join.

Sends the message to prospective employers that you're in the top 15% of your cohort and saves you $100 and a truckload of further spam probably.

 

[ThePezDispenser]

Sounds good to me. The fact I would most likely have to miss the members night put me off most, as that was meant to be the big 'networking' night.

 

[jo172]

Scam that appeals to people's intellectual vanity.

Your transcript sufficiently states your results. The idea of an 'exclusive society' is just offered to try and increase people's self-importance.

Just think, if they really wanted you, would they offer it to nearly everyone/make you pay to get in?

 

[radiojake]

If you join, be prepared for a whole lot of emails that you will never read...

my girlfriend at the time convinced me to accept the invitation I got... I think that was because she got sucked into it when she first got invited how ever many years earlier and thought it would be funny or something....

I do laugh at how it claims to be 'exclusive' - So many people get invites to this thing -

 

[MaccaKnowsBest]

Was invited to join in the mid 2000s (was free). I thought I was special. Now don't take any notice of it.

 

[tubbis]

I joined. It's mostly a massive circlejerk. However, there was a member from my Chapter who scored $5000 on a scholarship to go overseas.
Was super handy come resume building time though.

 

[dales.girl38]

I joined because I thought the events would be a good way to make some new friends...haven't been to a single event since the intro night. The emails are a pain..

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Got an invite too but opted not to join on account of the fee. Sounded like a bit of a money-grab to me and "hey you can put this on your resumé!" is a bit of a silly reason imo. I can put "Invited to Golden Key for being in the top 15% of my faculty" on my resumé whether I forked out the money or not.

 

[mgov]

I received a Golden Key letter in the email, too, but thought it was junk/spam/scam so discarded of it.

 

[mgov]

*mail, not email ahah

 

[James Colorado]

I joined (can't remember whether there was a fee involved), but have not gone to a single event, not even intro night.

It's on the resume though, hopefully prospective employers actually care.

 

[FootyJunkie]

*mail, not email ahah

lamb, not a lamb

 

[John Dawh]

I've been a member for over a decade. There is not one single, or even slight advantage. Pointless ball of wank.

 

[John Dawh]

It could be okay,

Nope, it's a pile of wankstain.

 

[ClarkeM]

I received this s**t and considered joining it after a few friends did a couple of years before. Safe to say, I've seen the light and won't be wasting a cent on something I wouldn't even bother putting on my CV.

To me, it appears to be a cleverly disguised scam where people profit from inflating the egos of susceptible job-seekers.

I will not be wasting any time or money on it.

 

[FootyJunkie]

Wank

 

[Wargreymon90]

Are they like the stone cutters?

 

[ava2015]

I got accepted into it when I was back in uni. Seemed pretty pointless though. I did however write on my resume something like "accepted into Golden Key Society" or "nominated for Golden Key society" Thought I should note it on there but without paying some stupid fee.