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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

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Christina Byrd

the amount of time it took to get things done.” As she approached graduation, “several companies recruited for executive compensation consultants among the poly-econ majors,” Christina says. She accepted an offer from Compensia. “It was a... View Details

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Interviewing - Alumni

interview. These notes can help you keep track of what information the recruiter has given you and help you formulate further questions. Towards the end of the conversation ask about next steps. Thank the View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

particularly as Chandra’s tenure as managing partner approached its end. This case study chronicles Hakluyt's transformation from a specialized niche intelligence firm to becoming trusted advisors and details its unique business model, evolution under various leaders,... 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

08 Dec 2020
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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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Leadership Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

beyond the Fellowship year; others participate in the program over multiple years or pursue other channels of MBA recruiting to meet their ongoing talent needs. Apply for a Leadership Fellow Partners & Fellows Organizations and students... View Details

29 Oct 2013
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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

28 Jul 2023
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How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS

to ask questions about how best to go about searching for an internship. She explained the different potential roles available to me and gave me a shortlist of companies to research. A few weeks into the semester, I received an email from a View Details

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Polaroid Timeline - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History... View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

companies that facilitate project-based and/or flexible-work opportunities. iRelaunch Co-founded in 2007 by Carol Fishman Cohen (MBA 1985), iRelaunch is a full service career reentry company, providing programming, training, conferences, events, job board and View Details

29 Nov 2023

Perspectives from Africa

Preparing to submit an application in Round 2? In this Perspectives from Africa virtual event, Africa Business Club ECs will share their RC experience, the difference being an EC, how they are thinking about leveraging their summer internship for post-MBA goals, and... View Details

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Recruitment (30) Refugees (4) Relationships (152) Religion (5) Renewable Energy (7) Reputation (14) Research and Development (59) Research (107) Resignation and Termination (10) Resource Allocation (11) Restructuring (3) Retention (21)... View Details

19 Sep 2023
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What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

rather than me coming in with one set of skills but also cognitive biases. I have managed over the years to recruit like-minded faculty from all corners of the University. We collaborate to encourage our students to apply this mélange to... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace

16 Jan 2013
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The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

of capitalism. Slave owners were able to collect data on their workforce in ways that other business owners couldn't because they had complete control over their workers. They didn't have to worry about turnover or recruiting new workers,... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

conference for Boston-area nonprofit board members hosted by the HBS Association of Boston. HBS Alumni Clubs offer nonprofit board recruitment fairs, regional board summits, and other networking events. Contact your local club to learn... View Details

10 May 2021
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Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

people—other white men. Meanwhile, white women and people of color who were recruited from the same competitive MBA pool received more mundane work, including tasks they had already mastered. This disparity in development had long-term... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

recruiting need to change? Is some aspect of the culture inhospitable to women? Are they facing barriers to advancement? Set an inclusive, equitable tone. Call out biased speech or behavior when you see it and make it clear that everyone... View Details

03 Apr 2008
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Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan

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For Alumni - Health Care

Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science technologies with significant market potential. For more information, please contact blavatnikfellowship@hbs.edu . Recruit As an HBS graduate, you know our students are... View Details

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