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Originally Posted by Engine
Hm.. I think it's still hard to tell even under those circumstances. Having a good enough resume to get the interview in the first place is the hurdle. And it's unlikely that 2 people who are EXACTLY the same in every way except for grades will land interviews for the same job. One is going to be more likable, have better interviewing skills, know somebody, have a more relevant skill set, or just seem like a better fit for the position. Grades may never even be considered by whomever makes the final hiring decision. That said, of course good grades make a better resume.
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This.
In most fields, employers are looking for experience, which trumps pretty much anything else, assuming the basic educational requirements are met (which are also often replaceable with experience).
But, in an entry-level, fresh out of college job, where two resume's are pitted against each other, the GPA part might play a part, along with personality and communication skills.
I put my GPA on my resume' just in case, along with honor society memberships, even though I know it doesn't matter in the face of my experience, but I don't think a 3.98 looks bad on any resume'. (It's funny, because I thought my GPA was 3.75 until recently when I looked at my official transcript including both my technical courses and general education courses, and no matter how much I didn't think it was relevant, I still changed my resume' to reflect it. Can't hurt!)
In any regard, I'd say that anything that can help is worth putting on a resume'. But refrain from putting irrelevant sh*t on there, like your first job cutting grass or something like that. Unless, of course, you're trying to get a grass-cutting gig...