Best Life: After school activities are more important than ever Best Life: The importance of after school activities By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | January 7, 2021 at 5:34 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 8:12 PM ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – What do employers look for in recent graduates? The National Association of Colleges and Employers took a survey and found out your grades aren’t the only factor they care about. What you do outside of the classroom holds a lot more weight than you think. From sports to something a little more cultured, or cerebral, what your child does now may help them land their dream job in the future. “Extracurriculars can say all these other things about you that maybe your experience doesn’t,” said Norah Perez, Director of Experiential Learning at Rollins College.