Recruiter Realness: Hire the “Bad Ass C”

[Cue Sophia Petrillo voice.] Picture it. High School. 1993. My cousin exuberantly celebrated the C she earned on her report card like it was the highest grade she’d ever achieved. Not only was this not the case, her other grades that period were As and Bs. When I asked her why the lone C evoked such a joyous celebration, she explained that she worked harder for it than the As and Bs. They looked better on paper and did more to strengthen her grade point average (GPA), but she had to study and do extra credit to earn the C.