Job Search - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jul 2023
What Do You Think?

How Are Middle Managers Falling Down Most Often on Employee Inclusion?

(iStockphoto/AzmanL) Search “inclusion” on Amazon and the majority of book entries that come up are for children. Is that an indicator of the current state of management art on the subject? Fortunately, there is a growing body of research... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Hire Talent

Hire Talent Hire Talent Work With Us to Meet Your Hiring Goals Discover HBS talent, engage and recruit current students and alumni, view employment statistics and gain recruiting insights and advice. Post Jobs and Access Resumes Promote... View Details

15 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

research breaks new ground on how to network on the professional channel LinkedIn and pinpoints the connections that are likely to yield the most job offers. The implications are significant for career planning and recruiting, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Lehman Brothers Timeline Sept-Oct 2008 Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis Download the Exhibition Catalog (PDF) Lehman Brothers Archives Lehman Brothers Deal Books Search Exhibition Lehman Brothers - Introduction 1840s – 1880s General... View Details

11 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

When you enter an organization as its new leader, forget about plotting out the first 90 days. Focus on the first 90 hours. Why are those initial hours on the job so important? Because you don’t get a second chance to make a first... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

11 Jun 2024
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

January–February 2018 Harvard Business Review More Than a Paycheck: How to Create Good Blue-Collar Jobs in the Knowledge Economy By: Campbell, Dennis, John Case, and Bill Fotsch Abstract—Fifty years ago a good blue-collar View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jul 2016
HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

a better job of making apartments appealing than the online classified site, but first they had to siphon away its customers. To do that, Chesky and Gebbia created software to hack Craigslist to extract the contact info of property... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation

04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

organizations to climb the value chain and access higher-margin businesses with powerful incumbents. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609024 PublicationsGender in Job... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni

required) Learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile with the knowledge of how recruiters actually utilize the platform. LinkedIn for Job Searching (login required) Leverage LinkedIn for both View Details

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MBA Experience - Health Care

and pitching skills, and potentially commercialize a health care innovation. Careers Students pursuing careers in health care receive job search support from our MBA Career & Professional Development office... View Details

14 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

His research comes at a time when an increasing number of people report being worn out on the job, with 43 percent of middle managers reporting burnout in the US and 70 percent of C-suite workers considering quitting to search for View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

Rejection, and Job Search By: Anne Boring, Katherine Coffman , Dylan Glover and María José González-Fuentes 2025 | Working Paper | Faculty Research We investigate how candidates’ willingness to apply... View Details

17 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

As an entrepreneur, how confident are you that you fully understand your customer’s pain points or their job to be done? Entrepreneurs I first meet tend to start selling me on their solution before explaining the problem they are trying... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

and other contexts that pose stiff ethical challenges. Trinh seeks to combine his background in financial services with his desire to contribute to Vietnam's economic development, and he has to decide among four job offers with investment... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

defining what is a fair distribution of attention in a ranking, and then developing an algorithm that achieves this distribution,” says Sühr. The research team found that fair-ranking algorithms are effective, but only to a point: While women are elevated in View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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Careers Blog

Careers Blog Careers Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Baker Library Author Career & Professional Development Author Career Coaches Author Professor Author Student Site Section Site Section Career Coaching Connect & Network... View Details

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Develop Your Career Vision - Alumni

career transition process. Hear from your fellow alumni as they discuss how they conducted their own self-assessments during the career transition process. Watch the Series From the Career Blog Leverage Baker Library to Inform Your Job... View Details

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Tools & Training - Alumni

important aspects of work or life that need to be attended to, in order to feel fulfilled and truly successful. Key Job Search Worksheet In coaching appointments and surveys, alumni report they consider many... View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

projects rather than purely increasing patenting. April 2014 Article Botsourcing and Outsourcing: Robot, British, Chinese, and German Workers Are for Thinking—Not Feeling—Jobs By: Adam Waytz and Michael I. Norton Technological innovations have produced robots capable... View Details

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