recruiting - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 May 2016
Blog Post

What Is the Difference between RC and EC Year?

can also discuss most of these topics with people outside of your section because everyone in the first year takes the same classes, reads the same cases, and goes through recruiting or other major events together. I found it easy to... View Details

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

founder-related programs, resources, and guidance. Joiner Students interested in joining a startup (internship or full-time role) and are seeking opportunities to build relevant skills and understand the startup recruiting process.... View Details

May 2004
Article

The Risky Business of Hiring Stars

By: Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda and Nitin Nohria

With the battle for the best and brightest people heating up again, you're most likely out there looking for first-rate talent in the ranks of your competitors. Chances are, you're sold on the idea of recruiting from outside your organization, since developing people... View Details

Keywords: Staffing; Employee Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employees; Retention; Competitive Advantage; Human Resources; Performance

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an industry in the midst of dramatic structural change; and asks whether a16z's success to date has been due to its novel organization structure. a16z's 22 investment professionals are supported... View Details

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Popular - HBS Working Knowledge

Popular Editors' Picks Recommendations from our editors 26 Jul 2023 Research & Ideas STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out by Rachel Layne 13 Jun 2022 Research & Ideas Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut... View Details

02 Sep 2015
What Do You Think?

What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

added: “I think there may be too many variables left out here The relative happiness of an employee base has bottom-line repercussions far beyond customer satisfaction.” What’s to be done? At the very least, FISSINNF suggests that greater transparency in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

12 Sep 2023
What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

of ESG, there are similar controversies around DEI. For example, marketing to or recruiting from a particular group—for example, members and allies of the LGBTQ community—might offend other people or cause others to feel threatened. "The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Research - Managing the Future of Work

Virtually present - Meta’s vision for the hybrid workplace Bill Kerr 11 May 2022 News Guardian Finding It Hard to Get a New Job? Robot Recruiters Might Be to Blame Re: Joseph Fuller Yet it is not foolproof. One of the most consequential... View Details

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The U.S. Job Search for International Students - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Program reduces the educational debt burden for qualifying alumni serving in managerial positions in nonprofits, public sector organizations, or for-profit social enterprises. Alumni Recruiting Organizations interested in hiring HBS... View Details

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California - Global

effort to expand the platform’s user base, as well as a period of rapid growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, LinkedIn’s membership had ballooned to over 1 billion. The platform was widely used in the U.S. and Europe; its network and tools were often considered... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

in an attempt to recruit and retain more minorities, but the initiatives often fall short, the authors say. The problem: These programs tend to focus on helping black employees fit into the status-quo culture, rather than eliminating... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

disclosures with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While many companies have been trying to build more inclusive workplaces, only half of S&P 500 companies had gone as far as naming a chief diversity officer as of 2021, according to the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research

ongoing support and guidance on issues that surface with faculty or RAs to help ensure the most effective and productive working relationship. RSS manages every aspect of recruiting and managing staff that support the research endeavors... View Details

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Finding Talent Opportunities

alumni resume databases Leadership Fellows Program Leverage the experience, energy, and analytical skills of MBAs for one year with financial support from HBS. Learn more about this opportunity for nonprofit and public-sector organizations. Looking to be a View Details

29 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?

do a one-time, four-hour data entry task via the Internet labor market oDesk.com, which allows for online recruitment of freelancers from around the world. "Keep in mind," Malhotra said, that "all of these people previously made less than... View Details

Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette

08 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

Strategy Unit. “They’re not sending resumes in. They’re being recruited, often through online platforms like LinkedIn.” Indeed, the rise of digital platforms now enables firms and recruiters to source potential candidates anywhere in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

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Accelerating Solutions - Business & Environment

policymakers, founders, investors, educators, recruiters and skills-based trainers. Highlights Video Full Panel Video Ensuring Climate Leadership: Boards, Metrics, & Accountability As thousands of large companies worldwide work towards... View Details

07 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

success, even though he has a .650 failure rate. But in entrepreneurial management, there's a tendency to see things in black and white, rather than looking at the whole picture. And while VCs are likely to recruit an executive with... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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