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What Do Companies Look For In New Hires?

 

CollegeGrad.com recently conducted a survey of what employers look for most in their new graduate hires. The top three factors for student success according to the surveyed employers in order of importance are:

These results strongly echo the experience of our professional staff here at the Career Opportunities Center and also illustrate the importance of students utilizing all of the services available to them. The following pages are some of those resources and some ideas around the activities you should encourage your student to engage in to support these three key areas.

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