<p>In order of importance, what do employers consider?</p>
<p>GPA
Which school you went to
Difficulty of Classes
Leadership skills
Interview
Recommendation
Major
Extracurricular</p>
<p>(Is this list in the right order?)</p>
<p>Please add to this list if you know of any others</p>
<p>Let me preface this by saying I don’t really know. I’m only speculating.</p>
<p>For a lot of jobs, it seems like the major would be the first consideration. If you’re being hired for a technical job, you need technical training, and not all majors are equal in the kinds of technical training they bestow.</p>
<p>Next, I think that it’s probably a combination of GPA, where you went to school, and the classes you took. GPA can only be understood in the context of where you went to school; a 3.0 from Alabama A&M is not the same as a 3.0 from MIT. The difficulty and kind of courses also influences how the GPA is viewed; cumulative vs in-major, and any special relevant classes and how you did in those.</p>
<p>I think the other four things are icing on the cake, and their importance is roughly the following:
<p>However, more important than any of these 4 things, I would place the following (perhaps you had this in mind when you said recommendations, leadership skills, and extracurriculars):
<p>I would place this, most likely, between “major” and “gpa/school/courses”. It’s important.</p>
<p>it depends on what level position you are applying for.</p>
<p>typically entry level positions, most places look at your past work experience and GPA. GPA decreases in value as you gain more work experience but since most college graduates have fairly limited experience, the GPA is considered. </p>
<p>Internships often lead to full time employment so where you intern and the experience you gain are very important.</p>
<p>For these type of questions, just think of it this way, If you are going to hire someone from your class and people you know, who would you hire? who would you trust with your money? who would you think will be a good manager? think about why you selected that person, and extract those characteristics and you will understand a bit more how HR works and how people are recruited.</p>
<p>If it’s a position where there’s a directly related major, then the major is most important. Your alma mater, GPA and difficulty of courses get are major factors in determining whether or not you will get an interview. Once you get the interview, it’s more or less all out the window, and the most important thing will be the interview.</p>
<p>When you say recommendation, what kind of a recommendation are you talking about? A third party? Or someone within the company who has some pull?</p>
<p>Relevant work experience is one of the most important factors throughout the process.</p>