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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
“Parent” is the job title that Tom Fischgrund (MBA ’80) feels most at home with. He is also the author and editor of several books and president of Management Recruiters of Atlanta Perimeter Center. The father of three children,... View Details
- 31 Jan 2025
- News
New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses
area small businesses that “were in serious trouble” due to COVID. Kane and Bockmann quickly pulled together a plan, formed a leadership team, recruited about 60 alumni volunteers, and set up virtual coaching sessions that initially... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
A Helping Hand
become integral to business school recruiting strategies, including at HBS: A number of minority students in the MBA Class of 2007 are alumni of MLT’s fifteen-month MBA Preparation program. View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Japanese Connection
notion for Williams, who stopped work on his Ph.D. in English literature at Princeton in the late 1970s when an IBM executive recruited him for a sales position. “There were no teaching jobs at the time,” explains Williams, who worked at... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John R. Davis
He calls the hood of a rusty Chevy truck his “conference area” and the passenger seat his “desk.” His part-time help is his fiancée, whom he first recruited to his 1,400-acre Achille, Oklahoma, ranch with the promise of fresh... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
instead of waiting until disaster strikes? “San José’s CIO Shireen Santosham (MBA 2008) and Mayor Sam Liccardo immediately supported the idea,” says Tsai, which led to the October 2018 launch of Host Corps. This public/private initiative drew on a concept Airbnb... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Innovative Course Brings Students and Alumni Together
make." In addition to process improvements, other changes had an impact on this year's dialogue. For example, this time a greater number of entrepreneurs took part, and they introduced new variables into the discussions. "While recruiting... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner; photo by Joshua Lavine
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
When Cecily Kovatch (MBA 2002) began her career working as a field engineer for Schlumberger, one of the world’s largest oilfield service companies, the all-male crews were often less than welcoming. Since those early engineering days, Kovatch has held multiple roles... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Reawakening rural America
7,000 jobs since its launch in 1986. “My primary business is recruiting manufacturing firms into rural communities and helping them create jobs,” Schultz says. After a three-year research project about rural economics that led to the book... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs mobilize to assist small business owners
tripled his monthly revenue and secured a $100,000 no-equity investment. Now Baker and his team have recruited an inaugural class of 32 MBAs, from five schools, to hit the road for their own journeys in the summer of 2014, and are seeking... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
peers to be helpful in my personal search, as I could understand what people appreciated about different sectors, organizations, or roles. These conversations were also very important for my internship and post-graduation job search. I found that I had to be more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
data science (e.g., unbiased data and algorithms), better implementation (e.g., understanding the target audience and market conditions), and better policies (e.g., auditing algorithms to ensure they perform in an equitable manner). For Frida Polli (MBA 2012),... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
Turning a Disorder into an Opportunity
self-confident, as well as financially self-sufficient. Forty-five people have been employed through the program at Australia’s Department of Defence, Department of Human Services, and Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Eleven new View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Lesson Plans
past participants, half said they got more attention from recruiters after completing one of our programs; 53 percent gained more responsibility at work; and 25 percent got a promotion or title change. This will be the first recession... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
retailer Wayfair. “They want to know, ‘Do I feel like I can add value and make a difference?’” Gulliver manages a 300-person team at Wayfair dedicated to helping the growing e-commerce company recruit and retain talent. Her role is... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
in his footsteps. His life exemplified the finest qualities of leadership." Fitzhugh came to HBS after graduating with honors from Harvard College, where he was one of four African Americans in a class of one thousand. He excelled in his studies at the School but was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Inside MBA Admissions
must have several years of work experience before applying. Outside the United States, MBA Admissions hosted recruiting events in forty cities in 32 countries. The School’s recruitment efforts have led to “a... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
work for Corning Glass Works’ international division, and while many new recruits chose sites in Europe, he picked Brazil. “What I’ve learned in life is that you don’t have to be the best at anything, you just have to be different,” he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
which recruits at-risk youth to work in Ben & Jerry's shops). It monitors employee progress and tries to quantify the costs each represents to society. It then tracks how that cost structure changes due to the nonprofit's intervention.... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
War II veterans. Today, the MBA Admissions Outreach team hosts military-specific recruiting events, including a virtual seminar to reach military personnel stationed overseas. Real-life decision-making experience is just one example of... View Details