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- 21 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life
published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. Is the restaurant owner fulfilled? In one of their first experiments, De Freitas and his colleagues gave about 400 participants different vignettes, one of which described Ariana, a... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
The first few minutes of new employee orientation, if done right, can lead to happier and more productive workers and, ultimately, increased customer satisfaction. Unfortunately, a lot of companies do it wrong. In many firms, employee... View Details
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
low-wage jobs, the authors note. Those workers, along with younger first-time job seekers and adults reentering the workforce, are an untapped resource in the labor market. Many have the “soft skills” to complement emerging technologies,... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
Targeted Firms By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
across the country, which is centered on questions about their jobs. Will they find a well-paying job? Is their job secure? Will their children find good jobs? Will their jobs be secure? That's what I'm here... View Details
- 08 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students
The start of 2022 not only marks a new year but also the graduation year of the MBA Class of 2022. As they begin their last semester, we asked EC (second-year) students about their first cold call, case method teaching, and how both... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS
environment. I’ve learned so much, I’ve been challenged and pushed outside of my comfort zone, and I’ve grown in ways that I could not have imagined. Here are 5 lessons I’ve learned from my first year at HBS: 1. People are less... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
I cherish and enjoy! My job involves bringing in new customers, retaining and growing business with current customers, leading new projects, developing new products, spearheading new technology drives, meeting investors and stakeholders,... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age
undercutting an era of new opportunity for American workers that I call Work 3.0. Work 1.0 existed through roughly the first half of the twentieth century. Almost any worker who wasn’t self-employed was a company’s employee. Work 2.0, our... View Details
- 04 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
The First Alumni of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
dream job at Google, acceptance into Y Combinator, or raising VC funds. Class of 2020 Alumni Chair Tapley Stephenson helped send the first ever MS/MBA Alumni Newsletter this semester, too. The newsletter... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Why Meeting a First Date for Breakfast Might not Be a Bad Idea
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs
countries, including Rwanda, where they miss up to 50 days of school or work per year because women lack access to these basic necessities. Through her work at SHE, Scharpf has created the enterprise’s first initiative, SHE 28, a... View Details
- 12 PM – 1:15 PM EDT, 15 Oct 2024
- Webinars: Career
Job Search 2.0: LinkedIn + ChatGPT Secrets Revealed
Jeremy Schifeling will dive into the most advanced LinkedIn and ChatGPT techniques to help alumni find a career path, build a fully tech-optimized profile, and ace your very next interview. View Details
- 08 Jul 2016
- News
So Why Don't You Have Your Dream Job Yet?
and certainly not in your first job or two or three coming out of college.” His advice to new grads? Don't hunt perfection. Now, you know that the first thing you do you will... View Details
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
The first MBA/MPP and MBA/MPA-ID joint degree programs are 10 years old! 89% of HBS | HKS joint degree alumni have told us that they worked in a role allowing usage of both degrees. Learn more about a few members from the Class of 2011... View Details
- Web
Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting
your website. Consider the reader's goals Candidates are interested in the day-to-day tasks and want to know how your organization prioritizes professional development and growth. Consider adding a few short bullets that address one or more of the following: Describe... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Memoirs of an International First Year Student
force) was the concern that massive job cuts loomed on the horizon in my industry. Five months after I got the “YES!” letter from HBS, I landed in Boston armed with a million questions and unsure of what what was ahead. As an... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
around a first wave of globalization from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1920s and a second wave that started after World War 2, intensified from the 1980s until around the 2008 global financial crisis. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
their businesses to shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends rather than invest for the long term, undermining job growth and putting the country’s economic future at risk, often pointing to the high ratio of shareholder payouts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne