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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
INK: The Bookshelf
of this book is that the volatility through the messy middle of any project is about achieving a positive slope. Your job is to manage the lows and maintain a focus on optimizing the highs.” CLASSIC Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
motion, bringing Greeks back home to further strengthen the labor market and create new economic opportunities. “After 12 years of training in Greece, these talented individuals immigrate primarily to the United States or Europe, where... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
Illustration by Dave Cutler At the peak of his career as CEO of Bain & Company, Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) quit his job to form a nonprofit professional services organization. Frustrated by the plodding pace of Alzheimer’s research,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants
idea (no business plan necessary) in thirty seconds, with the two best ideas getting a second, longer hearing of two minutes. The winning concept was an online site that encourages teachers to share lesson plans and best practices. The event also presented a career... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
with General Dynamics Electric Boat to prepare people to build nuclear submarines for the US Navy and work with Bank of America on programs that prepare individuals for jobs in the financial services sector. We also have a partnership... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
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... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
Fostering Great Leadership
letters to Bay Area companies, he landed a summer job at Dodge & Cox, an investment management company headquartered in San Francisco. “The top three people there were HBS alums,” he remembers. “That summer View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
perhaps the most prestigious bad job in journalism." At HBS, Tumulty discovered that "the case method is the best kind of training in the mental discipline that a journalist needs, especially for covering... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
which trains disadvantaged inner-city youths and unemployed adults of southwestern Pennsylvania for jobs in high-tech, culinary, and medical fields, partnered with Bayer, a major pharmaceutical and chemical... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
marketing job at Amazon, looking to reconnect with my creative side and do something entrepreneurial. Enter my cofounders, Shahil Patel and Mayuri Bhandari. In Boston, Shahil, a first-year MBA at MIT, was fresh off of the semifinals of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
the Creation of Time Magazine, by Isaiah Wilner Ann Moore took the lowest-paying job she was offered after receiving her MBA-because she loved magazines. She has remained with Time Inc., one of the world's most influential companies, for... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”
their date of birth, nonprofit and corporate board memberships and years served, and multiple layers of prior employment (company, job title, and years). Even had Val, Doris, and Marianna’s duties not expanded over the years, just the... View Details
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
Walmart's actions, or rather reactions, are proof it is necessary for government to act if change is to be expected. "Question the value of training programs and apprenticeships? The power of the German economy is the only example... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
working for a consulting firm the summer after her first year at HBS, as well as her strong academic record, landed her a job at McKinsey's New York office upon graduation. "I figured I'd stay a few years," says Karch, "until it no longer... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
Heffernan: From one who's tried on many hats, a tip of the cap to HBS. Photo courtesy Andrew Heffernan As a young man in Dublin, Ireland, Andrew Heffernan (MBA 2006) worked in a variety of summer jobs with the family business, the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
his career decisions and professional passions. “I grew up the youngest of five children raised by a single mother,” he shared. “To lift my family out of poverty, my mother worked two full-time jobs while re-credentialing herself as a... View Details
- 14 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What is a Career Coach?
(what industry/function/role is a good fit for me?) through the strategy and tactics of a successful job search. How do you match students with coaches? We have our coaches reach out to students for an initial meeting in the first few... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
than putting them at odds, allowing AI to be used for the greater good. Many health care organizations are starting to use AI AI, which encompasses machines and software capable of reproducing human behavior in solving complex problems, can be View Details
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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
not limited to venture capital but also expand to goods and service-based businesses. Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting There are excellent resources to help train your managers and employees to confront unconscious bias, and we... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
think is right.” How did you prepare for this assignment? I took a two-week ambassadorial training seminar and several weeks of refresher instruction in French. I read up on the history of Morocco and attended a number of State Department... View Details