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It’s important that you are knowledgeable in your field; an engineer must have engineering knowledge; an accountant needs an accounting background; a nurse needs a medical education.  Your GPA is indicative of what you have learned in your field.  More than half of employers recognize this by screening applicants by GPA, using a cutoff of 3.0.  Add an internship or two in your field and you show an employer that you’ve tested your new knowledge.

However, employers say other skills and abilities help job seekers stand out from the crowd of degree-holders.  They want new hires who will fit in with co-workers and into the workplace, and are able to get the job done.

Unfortunately-and ironically- the very qualities employers look for are the qualities they find lacking in many new grads.

Click here to read ResumeBear’s article Top Skills Employers Want and New Graduates Lack to find out what skills employers are looking for.