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Zeus posted...

Meaning it's harder to get fired than flunk out?

Vice versa. That was an awkward sentence to word; I'm not surprised it didn't come out right.

Zeus posted...

...lolwut? A lot of employers DO ask for and look at GPAs for recent grads. It's only when somebody has been in the workforce for years that it stops being a thing or, at least, becomes a less frequent occurrence although it *still* happens. Hell, when my brother was looking for another job in sales, one of the listings wanted 5+ years of sales experience AND asked for both a high school and college GPA.

It's not something I've seen much of. Citing Dean's List or similar accomplishments on your resume can be a boon, if you've got it, but specific GPA? Not so much. The fact that the listing your brother was looking at wanted his high school GPA is pretty ridiculous, given that after four years of college and 5+ years of experience, that was a decade ago and therefore far too old to be reflective of anything.

Zeus posted...

That's more freshman s*** with word counts.

Most of undergrad, really. Even without explicit word counts, academic writing in general puts more emphasis on elaboration than is appropriate in other modes of communication. That's all well and good for academic writing, since that's its purpose, but calling that practice for communicating professionally (where brevity is much more valued) is a bit of a stretch.