The other day I was speaking with a friend's youngest brother, who is in high school and is evaluating whether or not to go to university. As I was explaining the reasons why I believe every young person should go to university, I remembered a statement one of my employers said to me when I was in pursuit of attaining my degree.He said (and I paraphrase), the way an employer looks at your undergraduate degree is -- to see if you were able to commit yourself to a 4-year goal and achieve it at a high level of success.
Recent grads probably experience the fact that the degree that they worked so hard to get doesn't prove that they know anything really. It doesn't guarantee them a job, especially in this current environment. It merely increases the probability of landing one.
I later realized what employers look for when I entered the world of investment banking. The reason why investment banks look for students with a GPA of 4.0 is because, at that stage in life, it's the only signal to an employer that says, "If I, the employer, were to teach you something, based on your last 4-years, you are more than likely to learn it and apply it with little to no error." Putting aside specific course requirements that some jobs recommend (which I'm not discounting), this is what I believe employers are looking for as a result of completing an undergraduate degree.
What do you think?
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Andre
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