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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another hiring partner weighing in. We hire the person with experience. So long as I have heard of your school, you did well and have experience that lines up with our field, you get an interview.  Does not matter of it is Princeton or Vanderbilt or Ohio Wesleyan or Cal State Poly or CNU or High Point etc.  Once you get the interview, we hire the person with the best personality and experience in our field.  The name of the school does not matter.

- Signed person who went to a fancy school who now works along side people who went to schools I had never heard of  making a nice amount of $$ and fair amount of prestige.[/quote]

I appreciate hearing from people like you. So may I ask another question (I"m a new poster). My kid did horribly his first year in a very well respected business school--and still struggles on and off, because of ADHD. He is incredibly and hard-working, but because his GPA is a 2.8, cannot land an internship anywhere for after his junior year. Will he ever be able to get a job? He is personable, earnest, hard-working and smart. Just inconsistent.[/quote]

Exec and Corp Recruiter here - an internship is the best way to gain experience as a young person.  It goes a really long way toward the first job.  That being said, in a first job, I'm looking for a great attitude and personality.  Someone I want to present to my hiring manager as a trustworthy hire who isnt going to jump ship when more money is offered or what not.  Someone who's willing to do what it takes without drama and very importantly who wants to stay with the organization and do that kind of work.  So take that perspective and translate it to how your kid can demonstrate this to an employer.  You may have to find an organization that either has less competition from other applicants or get lucky and find a personality jackpot where someone just likes your kid.  It will take more time and effort reaching out to successfully find the internship but it can bd done.  Get off the GPA thing and focus on your kids strengths as a person in pitching for an opportunity.  I hire entry level a lot and although on paper GPA matters, if someone wrote me a particularly striking cover letter, maybe I take a second look.  If you send me a LinkedIn note and introduced yourself maybe I take notice of you as well.  [/quote]

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