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The process that employers and college career service offices follow varies from school to school and has also evolved over the years at most schools. Most of that evolution has been positive for those, like me, who want to see a more equitable recruiting process.
Untiil a few years ago, it was very common for employers to strongly prefer to hire candidates whose grade point averages exceeded some number, who were enrolled in a particular major, and who attended a short list of schools. For example, an employer might strongly prefer to hire students with GPAs exceeding 3.5 who were