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Unfortunately, this does not describe the world of work in some fields today. Quite a number of employers in engineering fields (1) require a transcript at the interview (2) have minimum GPAs for hiring - often 3.5, no matter how prestigious your school or how grade-deflated it might be (3) require on-line resume submittals and scan electronically for the GPA, eliminating those without the information or below the cut-off.</p>
<p>Maybe there are ways around that through networking, but it is a different world today than for those of us whose careers began two decades (or more) ago.</p>
<p>Heck, when I got my Stanford MBA the entire curriculum was Pass/No Pass. Maybe it still is. But college grads in a number of fields might as well have their GPAs tatooed on the forehead, at least for that first job. </p>
<p>Not saying I like it - I don’t. But it is how it is.</p>