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March 8, 2007
Vol 5  No 5

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Ratings employers give to the influence of attributes of equal new college graduate candidates (5=extreme influence, 4=very much influence, 3=somewhat of an influence, 2=not much influence, 1=no influence), 2006

Held leadership position 4.0
High GPA (3.0 or above) 4.0
Involved in extracurricular activities 3.7
Did volunteer work 3.2
School attended 3.0
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Total 9.9% 9.4% 10.7%
Independent contractors 6.7 6.4 7.4
On call/day laborers 1.6 1.6 1.8
Temp agency workers 1.0 0.9 0.9
Contract agency workers 0.6 0.5 0.6
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