Employers want more than test scores and grades

Let say you graduate from college and are now looking for a job. What do you think your employer is looking for? Your transcripts, multiple-choice tests or institutional scores? Maybe & maybe not. Recent survey by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, which was released by the Association of American Colleges and Universities yesterday, shows that business leaders want "faculty assessment of internships, senior projects or community-based work."

Here is a list of key findings:

• 63% of graduates are not prepared for the global economy
• 57% said half or fewer of today's college graduates have the full set of skills and knowledge necessary to advance in today's workplace
• 40% said a faculty supervisor's assessment of a student's internship in a real-world setting would be "very useful."
• only 13% said college transcripts are "very useful."
• only 6% said an applicant's score on a multiple-choice test of general content knowledge would be "very useful."

To see the full report, visit USA Today here:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-01-22-graduate-assessment_N.htm