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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
When contemplating a move that will set your career on a new course, be sure to sharpen your navigational skills. “The research and preparation that go into making a move are crucial to success,” counsels Christine Sullivan, director of... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- Blog Post
Career Resources for International Students
The student body at HBS is incredibly diverse. 34% of the Class of 2017 is international (by citizenship), and over 64 countries are represented. While some international students plan to return to their home countries, many choose to... View Details
- 24 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Launching a Career in Clean Energy
distribution operations of personnel and supplies for large-scale training exercises and deployments. It was a foundational experience that ultimately drove me to HBS—I realized that I could be, and wanted to be, a leader. What was your View Details
- 2013
- Book
What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential
By: Robert Steven Kaplan
How do you create your own definition of success—and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us—and... View Details
Keywords: Career Planning; Vocational Guidance; Job Satisfaction; Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Customization and Personalization
Kaplan, Robert Steven. What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.
- 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST, 13 Nov 2015
HBS MBA Career Reboot Camp in New York City
Career Reboot Camp is coming to New York! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details
- 11 Apr 2025
- Video
HBS Alumni Career Video | Lindsay Muller (MBA 2024)
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Career Highlights
Christensen gladly gave up the certainty of planned lectures for the ambiguity of free-flowing discussion driven by his students. HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION, BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 1943 Earns his MBA 1953 Earns DCS... View Details
- May 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Robin J. Ely and Susan Wojewoda
Explores the career challenges facing highly successful women who leave the full-time workforce for several years to manage family commitments. Carol Cohen is a 1985 Harvard MBA who has professional line experience in a manufacturing environment, followed by a... View Details
Hart, Myra M., Robin J. Ely, and Susan Wojewoda. "Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-185, May 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
- 22 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)
conversation with a friend during a post-banking trip helped shift my perspective. When she asked me what I liked most about my finance job, my answer—running ads, planning events, and creating promotional items—had nothing to do with... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)
Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development When I decided to attend Harvard Business School, I wasn’t entirely sure what my next step would be,... View Details
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
This teaching note provides a discussion plan and rich conceptual background for the "Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper" case. Topics covered include definitions of success, lifespan career development, team leadership, managing professional service firms,... View Details
- April 2011
- Article
Behavioral Economics Perspectives on Public Sector Pension Plans
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined benefit (DB) pensions are still the norm in the public sector. However, a few jurisdictions have shifted towards defined... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Public Sector; Retirement; Private Sector; Compensation and Benefits; United States
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "Behavioral Economics Perspectives on Public Sector Pension Plans." Journal of Pension Economics & Finance 10, no. 2 (April 2011): 315–336.
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Alumni Career Services Update
With his enthusiasm and expertise in helping others polish their résumés, plot job search strategies, and execute savvy career moves, Robert S. ("Bob") Gardella has become a popular contact for HBS alumni since assuming the role of... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- August 1982
- Background Note
ERISA and Pension Plan Management
By: Jay O. Light
Light, Jay O. "ERISA and Pension Plan Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 283-020, August 1982.
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Webinars Offer Career Advice
Looking for sound advice on how to use social media for career advancement, or how to get on a corporate board? These are two of nine topics covered by the fall lineup of a yearlong Webinar series presented by Alumni View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Make Plans for Washington GLF
opportunities for alumni to use the School as a resource for knowledge and information, career development, networking, and even travel. During my term as president, I want to use this column to highlight important ways in which the board... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
for future needs such as retirement or education,” reflects Adams. “However, there are some environments, including Vietnam, where that fundamental tenet is not the best economic decision.” Pedro Noyola (HBS 2013) noted that while he expects to spend most of his View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 14 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise
Business school was my escape. I saw it as a way out of a career in finance that I could no longer envision myself in. It was an opportunity to open the door to social enterprise, what I saw as the nexus of my interests in the private... View Details
- July 2013
- Teaching Note
Searching for a Retirement Plan
By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas Goodman
Keywords: Retirement
- 29 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Virtual Networking Tips from HBS Career Coaches
Started As you plan to kickstart your virtual networking, use the resources below to set yourself up for success. Review the HBS Alumni Careers website which includes tips on leveraging the HBS network.... View Details