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Placement ol
By CattMriM Bandy
About 90 pcrccnt of students chosen
this past fall for on-campus job inter
views oy company recruiters had work
experience specifically related to their
career fields, according to a survey
released by the USC placement office.
Linda Sal&ne of the University
Career Center Placement Office compared
job applications of more than
300 students competing for interviews
with 53 companies to find out what
potential employers were looking for.
She said she found no significant
difference in grade point ratios of
students who were selected and
students who were not selected for interviews.
In fact, many students who
did not have related work experience
and were not selected had some of the
highest grade point ratios, ? "the 3.5s
and the 3.8s," Salane said.
PERHAPS PART of the reason for
this is that non-working students have
more time to devote to studies, she
said.
Salane said she wasn't surprised
employers favor applicants with
related work experience, but still
found the high percentage striking, adding
it reinforced her conviction
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