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re: Employers to New Grads: We Don't Care About Your Grades, Classes, or College
Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:58 am to StickyFingaz
Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:58 am to StickyFingaz
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If I find a good job, I'm going to pass on med school.
right on. a good friend of mine left his job at 31 for dental school last year. unless you're like 40 with a family and kids it's never to early to go back.
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:10 am to euphemus
Was told by a very large multinational company that offered me a job, "Grades are arbitrary. We look for individuals with the right attitudes and the right personalities". Good grades just happen to be symbiotic with that.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:10 am to Tigah in the ATL
Some, I was just switching majors at the time. However I wouldn't have been able to keep it if I didn't work hard and maintain good grades. I got my foot in the door bc yes I knew someone but kept it bc of excelling at the job and getting decent grades.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:32 am to euphemus
i just graduated and im down to do an internship to get some experience because i pretty much have none. i just need to get paid for the internship or they have to be local so i can live at home. each of those constraints is greatly limiting the opportunities available.
i have good grades, though!
i have good grades, though!
Posted on 8/21/14 at 2:04 am to euphemus
The internships are vital. I took a second summer as I did my job search (Master's in Planning), but found a good career job. I kept tabs.
Nationwide search
48 resumes submitted
14 second phase
6 interviews
3 job offers
Wish you all the best.
Nationwide search
48 resumes submitted
14 second phase
6 interviews
3 job offers
Wish you all the best.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 2:04 am to GREENHEAD22
quote:
Depends a lot on the job and company. Major oil companies wont even accept your resume unless you meet the gpa requirement, this is for new grads.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 5:53 am to euphemus
For a new grad, this is kinda a load of shite.
I graduated with a 2.75 with tons of industry experience and I had several offers before I graduated. Two were really good and it was a tough choice. That's a good situation to be in especially with a bad GPA. I had plenty of experience to make up for it and had worked the entire time I was in college and paid my own way. That counts for something.
That said, the big money jobs won't even let you put your resume into the system if you don't make the GPA requirement. The opportunities the 3.5+ Guys had were far more plentiful and for far more money, despite having far less experience than me.
I graduated with a 2.75 with tons of industry experience and I had several offers before I graduated. Two were really good and it was a tough choice. That's a good situation to be in especially with a bad GPA. I had plenty of experience to make up for it and had worked the entire time I was in college and paid my own way. That counts for something.
That said, the big money jobs won't even let you put your resume into the system if you don't make the GPA requirement. The opportunities the 3.5+ Guys had were far more plentiful and for far more money, despite having far less experience than me.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 6:39 am to StickyFingaz
You didn't worry about applying before you graduated?? Very poor planning.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 6:39 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Ill keep this in mind once I get into pa school.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 6:52 am to euphemus
I feel like this survey is pretty accurate for the civil/structural engineering world. It's been 4 years since I got my engineering degree, and potential employers still ask where I interned in college. My grades before my internship were pretty bad ~2.5, but with some connections I was able to get an internship for my senior year, which ultimately lead to me moving to NYC for permanent work after graduation.
The longer I stay in the industry, the more I realize that school name counts for like <10% of what you bring to the table. The majority of my office coworkers have been ivy-league grads, while I graduated from UNO. I love looking at their faces when I tell them I paid for my tuition in cash, while they still have 6 figure loans. Ultimately, it hasn't held me back in terms of career progression.
The longer I stay in the industry, the more I realize that school name counts for like <10% of what you bring to the table. The majority of my office coworkers have been ivy-league grads, while I graduated from UNO. I love looking at their faces when I tell them I paid for my tuition in cash, while they still have 6 figure loans. Ultimately, it hasn't held me back in terms of career progression.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 6:54 am to euphemus
I had a terrible GPA but I've only been asked once in an interview
I didn't get that job but I'm doing fine
I did have several internships
I'm almost 6 years out of school now, so I feel like the GPA worry is well behind me
I didn't get that job but I'm doing fine
I did have several internships
I'm almost 6 years out of school now, so I feel like the GPA worry is well behind me
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:01 am to Croacka
I havent read this thread yet, but my dad always said to me, a degree only shows that you can learn at a certain level.
This was kind of backed up as n the new graduate job Im about to start in Operations there are people who have studied Business, Political Science, Geography all kinds of stuff, all you needed was a 2.1 (I think thats like a 3.5GPA) then it was all about how you performed in interviews, tests, assessment centres etc.
This was kind of backed up as n the new graduate job Im about to start in Operations there are people who have studied Business, Political Science, Geography all kinds of stuff, all you needed was a 2.1 (I think thats like a 3.5GPA) then it was all about how you performed in interviews, tests, assessment centres etc.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:02 am to Croacka
I interned in Yosemite for most of my summers. Climbing giant granite faces is great experience.
Employers want someone who can confidently stand behind their work, even if it is built on a pile of half assed assumptions. I have to go pitch a white paper I wrote on Monday and this'll be my biggest challenge yet in that regard. frick it though, continue in style.
Employers want someone who can confidently stand behind their work, even if it is built on a pile of half assed assumptions. I have to go pitch a white paper I wrote on Monday and this'll be my biggest challenge yet in that regard. frick it though, continue in style.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:09 am to euphemus
I wouldn't pay much attention to this survey if you're an undergrad. The top tier jobs won't even let you apply without meeting GPA requirements.
And I'd like to see how many southern grads Goldman Sachs employs
And I'd like to see how many southern grads Goldman Sachs employs
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:40 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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The opportunities the 3.5+ Guys had were far more plentiful and for far more money,
How much are we talking?
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:42 am to Jim Rockford
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Well, if you graduated with a sweet 2.2, that GPA is going to be glaringly important to an interviewer, regardless of what they say in a survey.
Your doctor operating on you, even if he had a 2.2 is still called "Doctor".
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:42 am to euphemus
Yeah I went interview at a radio station recently, and the first thing the interviewer told me was that what made my resume stand out, was that I didn't mention my GPA or grades. He said what he liked about my resume above the others was that I listed my real world experience.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:45 am to lsutigersFTW
I will say though, when I was looking for a job out of college, the question I was mostly asked first was what was my GPA.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:45 am to euphemus
this is bullshite for new grads
I watched a large company at a job fair flat out tell a friend of mine that they only wanted to talk to the best when they saw his GPA was under 3.0
they just handed his resume back and went on to the next guy
I watched a large company at a job fair flat out tell a friend of mine that they only wanted to talk to the best when they saw his GPA was under 3.0
they just handed his resume back and went on to the next guy
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:48 am to euphemus
When I graduated and was looking for jobs, no one asked or said a word about my grades. I was right at 3.0. In my field, it was more about your portfolio, internship experience, and personality.
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