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10 Jan 2024
Podcast

Transplanting college to the corporate campus to develop talent for good jobs

If schools aren't turning out job-ready grads, can employer-led partnerships reengineer the talent pipeline to meet the demand and provide opportunities for a diverse workforce? J.D. Hickey, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, on his firm's... View Details

25 Feb 2025
News

Some Jobs Can Be Done Well Remotely. Inspecting Isn’t One of Them

25 Jan 2023
News

Laid Off in Your Living Room: The Chaos of Remote Job Cuts

20 Aug 2021
News

New Workplace Divide: Remote versus Office Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area

17 Feb 2022
News

A Big Bet

Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997) and Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) (Photos by Susan Young) When Google announced a $100 million fund to expand skills training and job placement programs for low-income Americans, two HBS alumni were standing by:... View Details

Keywords: jobs training; social enterprise; upskilling; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

May 2023
Article

Do Internal Control Weaknesses Affect Firms' Demand for Financial Skills? Evidence from U.S. Job Postings

By: Janet Gao, Kenneth J. Merkley, Joseph Pacelli and Joseph H. Schroeder

Ineffective internal controls over financial reporting often relates to a lack of qualified personnel with sufficient accounting and technical expertise. In this study, we examine whether firms respond to internal control failures by increasing their demand for... View Details

Keywords: Internal Controls; Labor Demand; Accounting; Financial Reporting; Experience and Expertise; Recruitment; Competency and Skills; Corporate Finance

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11 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

The coronavirus pandemic is spurring job applicants to seek positions at big companies and avoid startups in what new research calls an economic “flight to safety.” Job applicants using AngelList Talent, the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

26 Apr 2016

Real Students of HBS Webinar Series: Searching for a Job or Internship

This webinar will focus on searching for jobs and internships while at HBS and will include a Q&A with a student panel. The webinar will begin at 12:30 PM EST. View Details

03 Jan 2014
News

Training for a New Africa

Keywords: economic development; job training; Africa

2007
Working Paper

The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices

By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth

New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a "match") from 1986 through the late 1990's, after which the match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and... View Details

Keywords: Health; Employment; Marketplace Matching; Selection and Staffing; Job Offer; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry

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Monitoring CPU usage of your jobs on the HBSGrid - Research Computing Services

Technical How-To’s & Notes Technical How-To’s & Notes Monitoring CPU usage of your jobs on the HBSGrid There are two ways to monitor your running job: Run unix command top on the compute node where your job... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Does My Résumé Work?

Some topics arise often enough in conversations with MBA job seekers to merit inclusion on a “Ten Most Frequently Asked Questions” list. HBS career consultants Warren Radtke and Fran Davis shared the list — along with their expert advice,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; jobs; interviews; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

20 Nov 2024
Podcast

Beyond exit interviews: Knowing why workers quit makes for better job matches

Thinking of employees as 'hiring' their jobs opens the way to a detailed analysis of worker motivations, frustrations, and long-term goals, which can reduce costly turnover and make career development a collaborative process. Harvard Business School professor Ethan... View Details