Writer's Notebook 2.6

Student Name

Professor White

ENGL-1301-81015

18 November 2018

Sources for Final Paper

“Employers Value Experience Over Grades, Data Suggests” by Kayla Canne contains

statistics that reinforce my argument that having internship or work experience within a student’s

field of study can increase his/her chances of getting hired after graduating. The author

references a survey done by The Chronicle of Higher Education and American Public Media

Marketplace which used a sample size of 704 employers. In other words, the data collected from

the survey is large enough to be credible.

I plan to use the article “The Value of Engaged Students” by Adam Peck and Michael

Preston because it contains data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers which

shows that a shockingly low percentage of employers surveyed believed that students were

adequately prepared for their careers right after college. In other words, most employers believed

new graduates are not prepared for the workforce. This article takes a deeper look into how

valuable soft skills obtained outside of the classroom either through work experience or

cocurricular activities are to potential employers. I will use this to explain the value of soft skills

in addition to hands-on learning.

The article “Effects of Business Internships on Students, Employers, and Higher

Education Institutions: A Systematic Review” by Gisela Sanahuja Vélez and Gabriela Ribes

Giner reviews the benefits of internships for business majors, which is consistently one of the

most popular majors chosen by college students. The article also explores benefits that

Commented [WJ1]: Student has included the name of the article and the author in the first sentence.

Commented [WJ2]: She explains how she will use the information in the article

Commented [WJ3]: What the claim of the article is (or what she plans to use from the article).

employers receive from hiring a student who has completed an internship and benefits for

universities that promote internships. I will use this article to explain how important internships

can be for students in order to get a job after graduation.

The article “Student Employment as a Model for Experiential Learning” by Jacquelyn H.

Fede, Kathleen S. Gorman, and Maria E. Cimini explains how to gain work experience through a

university job when an unpaid internship is not an option. I plan to use this article to explain that

students who cannot partake in internships due to the need for a steady income are still able to

learn valuable, transferable skills by being employed through the university they attend. These

skills such as communication, teamwork, and problem solving led to greater employment

opportunity for the students after graduating.

I intend to use the article “Those Low Grades in College May Haunt Your Job Search” by

David Koeppel as a counterargument to my claim that experience combined with GPA is the best

combination to increase chances of getting hired. Though this article focuses on the fact that a

significant amount of employers use GPA on a resume to narrow down the pile of applications, I

would argue that work experience, through an internship or a job, on top of an impressive GPA

will do the most to set applicants apart from other candidates seeking a job.

Works Cited

Canne, Kayla. “Employers Value Experience over Grades, Data Suggests.” The Daily Free

Press, 7 Mar. 2013, dailyfreepress.com/blog/2013/03/07/employers-value-experience-

over-grades-data-suggests/, accessed 19 Nov. 2018.

Fede, Jacquelyn H., et al. “Student Employment as a Model for Experiential Learning.” Journal

of Experiential Education, vol. 41, no. 1, 24 July 2017, pp. 107–124. Academic Search

Complete, doi:10.1177/1053825917747902.

Koeppel, David. “Those Low Grades in College May Haunt Your Job Search.” The New York

Times, The New York Times, 31 Dec. 2006,

www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/jobs/31gpa.html, accessed 19 Nov. 2018.

Peck, Adam, and Michael Preston. “The Value of Engaged Students.” Job Outlook 2016: The

Attributes Employers Want to See on New College Graduates' Resumes, National

Association of Colleges and Employers, 1 Aug. 2017, www.naceweb.org/career-

readiness/competencies/the-value-of-engaged-students/, accessed 19 Nov. 2018.

Vélez, Gisela Sanahuja, and Gabriela Ribes Giner. “Effects of Business Internships on Students,

Employers, and Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review.” Journal of

Employment Counseling, vol. 52, no. 3, Sept. 2015, pp. 121–130. Academic Search

Complete, doi:10.1002/joec.12010.

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