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Do college grades matter once you enter the workforce?

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The Million-Dollar Skill Most Professionals Are Losing: Fearless Authenticity, Communication, and Persuasion
Fearless Authenticity with Jeanne Sparrow
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The transition from college to real life is even harder than it's ever been because the job market, the competition that these young people have been under since they started. The shift from saying, I'm trying to get grades to actually giving results is a very different thing. The first day of class, last quarter that I taught, I said to them, look, your grade in here, doesn't matter to me.
Jeanne Sparrow · The Million-Dollar Skill Most Professionals Are Losi (15:18)
For kids, young, I shouldn't say kids, but they kids to me, young people who are entering the workforce for the first time. The transition from college to real life is even harder than it's ever been, I think, because the job market, the competition, the competition that these young people have been under since they started.
Jeanne Sparrow · Fearless Authenticity with Jeanne Sparrow (21:40)
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