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Waitors and waitresses take heed: J. Crew CEO Mickey Drexler has a little advice on how to get hired in the fashion retail business, and it's don't study abroad. He explains: "Whoever gives advice about resumes in college should be dismissed. Titles don't matter. GPAs don't matter, nor does what school you go to. What matters is hard work and emotional intelligence. People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled. Noted. [Fashionista]