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Yes, this story has revealed some unscrupulous people involved in college admission, but that doesn’t mean you should lose your trust in colleges and their abilities to prepare students for the workforce. It doesn’t matter how they got into a college if they don’t get the grades and skills employers need, they won’t be hired. It’s not fair to college students who earned their spots. When employers doubt the quality of a few graduates’ qualifications, and by extension all colleges’ qualifications, it hurts hard-working students.

When a job posting has been online for months, job seekers notice, and even if they’re not interested in that particular role, they begin to wonder why no one else is interested. Job seekers are likely to think it’s a bad place to work and when a relevant job does open up, they won’t apply. They are still written as if the company’s team is siloed and has clearly defined roles, which makes it difficult to find job seekers who are genuinely a good fit. The perfect position could open up a week later, and it wouldn’t occur to the hiring manager to reach out to the candidate they ‘met’ seven days ago.

We’re getting to that time of year when cabin fever strikes — and it strikes hard. Winter has yet to let up and being stuck inside is frustrating your job seekers

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