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Career Tools & Resources | MBA

HBS network. Coaching & Advising We know that every student’s career journey is unique. That’s why we offer 1:1 support from trained Career Coaches and Student Advisors who can help guide students through the career search process from beginning to end. Company View Details

17 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: My Experience as a Veteran in the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

ultimately, that brought me to Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. After first arriving at Harvard, I was initially worried that I wasn't going to be able to be a value add in the classroom or on the ecosystem as a whole. But ultimately, that's just... View Details

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

When companies encourage students to openly share about their career goals, important connections can be made between the company’s needs and the student’s ability to add value in various roles or functions. This can then lead to better... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Your Personalized Experience | MBA

positions. Build Your Target List CPD is here to help students can find companies they’re interested in working with, identify contacts for networking, and manage their outreach. Students can leverage the CPD career search platform to make View Details

01 Mar 2004
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors

program that draws on the latest research and thinking of HBS faculty. A new program, called Innovations in Management, covers five topics in individual sessions spread over a five-month period in New York City. Alumni can attend all five... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Events | Baker Library

1945–1969 Explores the extraordinary career of Meroë Morse—a key contributor to the development of instant photography, trusted advisor to Polaroid founder Edwin Land, and liaison to iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams. Disability Pride Month Discover Baker... View Details

07 May 2020
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Ensuring Student Equity

volunteers who pick up materials from NCCP’s office to assemble learning packets at home, then bring back the completed packets for the nonprofit to distribute to families. “We created a Volunteer from Home program that allows individuals... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Feb 2014
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Flying High, Landing Low: Strengths and Challenges for U.S. Air Transportation

areas. It becomes clear that individual airlines have often been managed back to health and focus on innovation, but the overall system itself and its governmental connections need attention, including the... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Entrepreneurs’ Fund

month. Said Rumennik, “The Minimum Viable Product Fund, or MVP Fund, alleviates the daunting financial barrier preventing students from building initial prototypes or test products, and encourages them to connect with like-minded peers.”... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Mar 2025
Blog Post

WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley

computing, cloud computing, and robotics redefining the future. Organized by the Tech Club and launched in 1996, WesTrek has connected generations of students with alumni and industry leaders across the Bay Area. WesTrek 2025 raised the... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Dec 2017
News

Research Brief: Better Brainstorming

extroverted may have the most information to share,” says Koning. “But the best ideas are generated by open and creative people who are connected to these loud mouths.” This was not what the researchers expected to learn. “There is a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

What is Field Foundations?

has only been around since 2011. FIELD is a required course for first year students and consists of two modules: FIELD Foundations and FIELD Global Immersion. To learn more about the FIELD Foundations portion of the course we connected... View Details

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

imposes restrictions on individual choice behavior that limit the types of substitution patterns that can be found through empirical analysis, and we raise fundamental questions about when the model can be used to recover individuals'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Faculty & Research | MBA

Professors often build relationships with students through office hours and advising students on start-up ideas and career goals. A Commitment to Teaching In an HBS classroom, faculty lead 90 individuals from all over the world in case... View Details

Portrait Project

Linda Li

My mom, a former banker, had started waiting tables to earn minimum wage. They believed that America embraces individuality and rewards effort, so they told me to study hard and dream big. Our labor gradually bore fruit as my family... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Career Services Steps Up Alumni Support

Last fall, as world economies began to tremble from the collapse of the financial sector, HBS Alumni Career Services enhanced its suite of career offerings for alumni. “We anticipated an increase in the demand for individual career... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
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Commitment to Leadership

School's first program with a major e-learning component and to train one-on-one coaches to support a more individualized approach to learning. In my own research and writing, I am currently working on two topics: what it takes to lead... View Details

Profile

Charles Jennings

experience here shaped your goals & career path? Prior to HBS, my job required me to perform as an individual contributor—now, I have a much deeper interest in and opportunity to lead others to achieve their best. I look forward to... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing; Other Financial Services

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

Chair of the Finance unit, has spent the past four years investigating ways to help low-income families break out of this cycle and thus gain some of the benefits of being connected to the world of financial services. Programs providing... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

02 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success – Part 2

Companies manage all advertising for targeted events so using the resume book and/or student clubs to attract students is critical to success. Tailor your messaging to individual students whenever possible to create the View Details