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23 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

surveyed 516 Harvard undergraduates, the results held steady. Asked to imagine receiving a high-power job opportunity upon graduation (a likely prospect for many of them), young women listed a higher proportion of negative outcomes than... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Aug 2018
News

Inside the Emerging Economy With Millions of High-Paying Jobs

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

With a final deal reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), prepare for another cacophony of protest in Congress that America is signing away jobs to other parts of the world. The naysayers will be overlooking one small fact. Even... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics

29 Sep 2015
News

Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age

02 Jun 2013
News

On the Job: Don't let shiny job blind you to realities

17 May 2012
News

New Study Shows That Workplace Inspections Save Lives, Don’t Destroy Jobs

01 Apr 2020
News

White-Collar Job Security Exposes Huge Gap With Service Industry

01 Jun 2025
News

Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job

One of the most essential roles of the general manager is to be the person who can move an organization forward through the most tangled of circumstances, says Professor Amy Edmondson, “where there is uncertainty, different points of view, and high stakes, whether... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mcfarland Flint; Illustration by Peter Arkle; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

15 Aug 2011
News

When being good at your job isn't good enough

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

even if they think they have been brought in specifically to change them. Leaders going into realignment and sustaining-success situations have to be particularly careful to invest in learning about culture and politics. In realignments, a key part of the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Sep 2011
News

Obama green-tech program that backed Solyndra struggles to create jobs

03 Nov 2009
News

Give credit to create jobs - but only where it's due

06 Feb 2025
News

How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

04 Jun 2009
News

Harvard Business School Students Prepare to Enter the Job Market

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

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services