Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Education › Employers to college students: Skip the perfect GPA and...
Education

Employers to college students: Skip the perfect GPA and go get a summer job

Employers to college students: Skip the perfect GPA and go get a summer job
MarketWatch Thursday 18 June 2026, 18:55 UTC By Venessa Wong 1 min read
Key Points

College students with any sort of work experience are twice as likely to be employed shortly after graduating.

College students with any sort of work experience are twice as likely to be employed shortly after graduating.
GPA (ORG)
Originally published by MarketWatch Read original →

Related Stories

Tourist’s death reignites calls to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park

Tourist’s death reignites calls to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park There have now been eight horse-related incidents in Central Park over the past 13 months - Bookmark The death of a teenager from India who was killed when a Central Park carriage horse bolted from its driver has led to renew calls to ban the industry. Romanch Mahajan, 18, was on a family trip to celebrate his high school graduation when he was fatally wounded while trying to save his mother, his family said.

The Independent World 50m ago

1 in 3 lawyers fake, Supreme Court to look at digital registry

New Delhi: With one in every three advocates being fake at a time when the judiciary is occupying a central space in India's governance, a concerned Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the plea of the Bar Association of India (BAI) for a national digital register for advocates along the lines of Aadhaar. "Judicial independence of the legal profession is at stake," said BAI's counsel Prashant Kumar and Vipin Nair, while drawing the court's attention to the Bar Council of India (BCI)...

Times of India 1h ago

Concerns raised about special education training as schools operate below allocation

Concerns raised about teacher training for special schools as allocations are unfulfilled Fri 19 Jun 2026 at 5:33am In short: Data from the education minister shows state-run special schools are operating with fewer teachers than recommended. Queensland Association of Special Education Leaders president Andrew Thompson said recruitment has become more challenging since some universities stopped specific special education degrees. The LNP state government plans to open seven new special...

ABC Australia 1h ago

Trump administration temporarily cuts student loan interest rates for borrowers on autopay

The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it will offer federal student loan borrowers who sign up for autopay a 1-percentage-point reduction on their interest rate, starting July 1. Borrowers on autopay currently have access to a 0.25-percentage-point discount. Federal student loan holders who aren't already enrolled in autopay have until Sept. 30 to do so, if they want to benefit from the lower interest rate.

CNBC 1h ago