recruitment - Publications - Faculty & Research

2025
Working Paper

Discrimination, Rejection, and Job Search

By: Anne Boring, Katherine Coffman, Dylan Glover and María José González-Fuentes

We investigate how candidates’ willingness to apply responds to (potential) discrimination and rejection using a simulated labor market. Past work has shown that “blinding” job applications reduces discrimination and increases the rate at which women are hired. Our... View Details

Keywords: Job Search; Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Demographics

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16 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

of capitalism. Slave owners were able to collect data on their workforce in ways that other business owners couldn't because they had complete control over their workers. They didn't have to worry about turnover or recruiting new workers,... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Recruitment (31) Refugees (4) Relationships (152) Religion (5) Renewable Energy (7) Reputation (14) Research and Development (59) Research (107) Resignation and Termination (10) Resource Allocation (11) Restructuring (3) Retention (21)... View Details

03 Apr 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

people—other white men. Meanwhile, white women and people of color who were recruited from the same competitive MBA pool received more mundane work, including tasks they had already mastered. This disparity in development had long-term... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Finding Talent Opportunities

alumni resume databases Leadership Fellows Program Leverage the experience, energy, and analytical skills of MBAs for one year with financial support from HBS. Learn more about this opportunity for nonprofit and public-sector organizations. Looking to be a View Details

29 Nov 2023

Perspectives from Africa

Preparing to submit an application in Round 2? In this Perspectives from Africa virtual event, Africa Business Club ECs will share their RC experience, the difference being an EC, how they are thinking about leveraging their summer internship for post-MBA goals, and... View Details

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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research

ongoing support and guidance on issues that surface with faculty or RAs to help ensure the most effective and productive working relationship. RSS manages every aspect of recruiting and managing staff that support the research endeavors... View Details

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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

student demand and funds available. We expect that you will receive a percentage of your request, based on student demand and funds available. Organizations can find more information about posting an independent project on the MBA View Details

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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research Associates Social... View Details

28 Jul 2023
Blog Post

How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS

to ask questions about how best to go about searching for an internship. She explained the different potential roles available to me and gave me a shortlist of companies to research. A few weeks into the semester, I received an email from a View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

companies that facilitate project-based and/or flexible-work opportunities. iRelaunch Co-founded in 2007 by Carol Fishman Cohen (MBA 1985), iRelaunch is a full service career reentry company, providing programming, training, conferences, events, job board and View Details

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Interviewing - Alumni

interview. These notes can help you keep track of what information the recruiter has given you and help you formulate further questions. Towards the end of the conversation ask about next steps. Thank the View Details

23 Sep 2015
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Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

listed, however, men reported a higher percentage of goals related to professional power. Next, the team investigated whether women desired professional advancement less than men, due to having to juggle more goals. They recruited 635 men... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Impact Stories - Impact Stories

Impact Stories Impact Stories 08 Jul 2025 Recruiting Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team) Preparing for a Career in Consumer Health Elena Avramov Play How the nudge movement can improve healthy behavior John Beshears Beyond... View Details

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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

conference for Boston-area nonprofit board members hosted by the HBS Association of Boston. HBS Alumni Clubs offer nonprofit board recruitment fairs, regional board summits, and other networking events. Contact your local club to learn... View Details

26 Aug 2024
Blog Post

HBS Lingo 101

form of the recruiting process at HBS; whether it is interviewing on campus or posting jobs on our website. EC: EC stands for “Elective Curriculum” and refers to the flexible second year at HBS. Second year students are also referred to... View Details

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For Alumni - Health Care

technologies with significant market potential. For more information, please contact blavatnikfellowship@hbs.edu . Recruit As an HBS graduate, you know our students are equipped with the skills to tackle critical business challenges. If... View Details

13 Jun 2022
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Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

The researchers asked 655 participants recruited from an online participant pool to think about a “familiar stranger”—someone they had seen a few times in the last couple of months but never interacted with, like a fellow passenger on a... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Organizations and professionals from around the world participate in our Executive Education programs, access our research publications, and interact with our students and alumni through field-based projects, recruitment activities, and... View Details

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