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Class of 2024 Class of 2023 Class of 2022 Class of 2021 Class of 2020 Sort By: A-Z A-Z Highest to Lowest Lowest to Highest Industry by % Median Base Salary Median Signing Bonus Median Variable Bonus Business Development 8% $145k 25th... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

amounts are designed to bridge the gap between the recipient’s salary and $130,000 USD, with a maximum award of up to $50,000 USD per year. For example, if recipient’s salary is $95,000 USD, the GO... View Details

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Negotiating - Alumni

you may want to consider sending an acceptance letter to ensure you and the organization are on the same page. Example Acceptance Letter Salary Data & Statistics We have full-time compensation data from over 1700 alumni. Browse View Details

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

profession as a whole (computer support specialists) and the highest (computer research scientists), comparing them with patterns in other STEM professions like chemist. While salaries in five places—Silicon Valley, San Francisco,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

13 Feb 2006
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When Gender Changes the Negotiation

inequities over time. Awareness of the factors that create gender-related advantages and disadvantages can help you mitigate their consequences—and promote a more egalitarian workplace. How Ambiguity Affects Negotiation At Park's firm, a high degree of uncertainty and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

of women who can make “summit attempts” together. So far, her clients have secured multiple promotions and a collective $1.6 million in salary increases. CareerClimb’s own next step is to use artificial intelligence to reverse-engineer... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

09 Nov 2023
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From the Brink

Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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Compensation by Industry/Position/Location

can find and anonymously share real-time reviews, ratings, and salary details about specific jobs for specific employers,” Glassdoor.com provides detailed company reviews, employee ratings on workplace and leadership, including CEO... View Details

28 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Nov 2021
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How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

choose to spend time with—work colleagues or family—based on how their pay is structured, in particular whether they get bonuses for a job well done or earn fixed salaries regardless of performance. In fact, employees who received... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

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Finding Talent Opportunities

general and custom data views. $ 175 k Is the current median base salary for MBA graduates Explore all Employment Data 18 % Of MBA 2025 students interned in Technology industry Explore more internship data 11 % Of 2024 graduates went into... View Details

16 Jan 2018
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How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

with all schedules and W-2s, 1099s, etc. International students will also be required to submit their prior three years of tax returns from their home country. If you are from a country that does not have a tax system, you may submit a letter from your employer... View Details

01 Feb 2021
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Choosing the Right Student Loan

an average student budget, but there are several ways for you to keep your costs down, such as living with in a dorm, taking advantage of student discounts, and limiting discretionary spending. 2. What you’ll do after graduation. The median starting View Details

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

from 260 employees to 38 in 10 days,” one CEO shared. “Decisions had to be made swiftly. It was heart-wrenching. My mindset has changed. Priorities have changed, personally and professionally.” Executives have turned to a handful of potential solutions, including View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in a Consumer Society

hands also led them to undertake new financial obligations—like installment buying—which in turn gave rise to temporary liquidity problems. Small lenders like pawnshops and salary lenders proliferated in nineteenth-century cities, but... View Details

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

the term. Full-Time Hiring Leadership Fellows Giving nonprofit and public-sector organizations the opportunity to maximize their effectiveness by leveraging the experience, energy, and analytical skills of MBAs for one year at a salary... View Details

08 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

were recently published in How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons, co-written by Zoë B. Cullen, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and Ricardo Perez-Truglia, an assistant professor at UCLA’s... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

executives motivated who were asked to take a 50% salary reduction. Because we are now closed and have no revenue, we asked senior staff to take a 50% pay reduction until we reopen. Our CEO took a 100% pay reduction.” On the positive side... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

was smaller. Compensation and incentives. As the company grows, so must employees’ careers, compensation, and incentives. Be thoughtful about salary structures and be mindful that haphazardly compensating new hires early on or bumping... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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