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30 Aug 2011
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Jobs made Apple great by ignoring profit

08 Apr 2010
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Finding a Job with a Small Company

Describes a process of self-evaluation for working in small companies, discusses small company issues, focuses on some basic search techniques, and ends with a little how-to section. The goal is to facilitate the process of securing a job in a small company and to show... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Higher Education; Recruitment; Work-Life Balance; Interests

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01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

The controversial topic of offshoring U.S. jobs may have been shoved out of the headlines by recent events, but it remains front and center for senior business leaders operating in an increasingly global, competitive economy. To give MBAs... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

The article focuses on career development and job change. The challenges, transaction costs, and risks associated with job moves are discussed. The authors' research with executives is noted. The mistakes in career development that job hunters make are not doing enough... View Details

Keywords: Change; Resignation and Termination; Job Search; Managerial Roles; Personal Development and Career; Strategic Planning

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20 Nov 2014
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Job Training That Works

01 Sep 2011
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Just Doing His Job

Malaysia’s Petronas Towers may be among the tallest structures in the world, but the man chiefly responsible for building them prefers to keep a low profile. Describing Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (MBA ’64) as an individual who “guards his privacy more jealously than... View Details

Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

06 May 2015
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Helping people get jobs

Ava Seave’s (MBA 1982) early career in publishing prepared her to launch Quantum Media, a consulting firm where she now helps grow the economy and create jobs. (Published May 2015) View Details

Spring 2013
Article

Jobs and Social Innovation

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Innovation; Innovation and Invention

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29 Jan 2009
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Rebuilding America's Job Machine

11 Dec 2023
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AI for Nursing Jobs

01 Jun 2006
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Job One: Alumni Engagement

Cooper I am often asked, “What does the Alumni Board do?” HBS professor Mal Salter, senior associate dean for External Relations, describes us as a “working board.” Our forty-plus members — past and present volunteers and active alumni from around the globe — meet in... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper

28 Jan 2014
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The Good Jobs Strategy

22 Jul 2010
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New Jobs in Tourism

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

22 Jan 2014
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High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

10 Jun 2020
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November 1999
Case

Doyle's Dealmaking Dilemma: Negotiating the Job Search

By: James K. Sebenius

MBA student Doyle Williams searches for his ideal job in a private equity group and uses his negotiation skills to try to attain the best possible compensation package. View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Job Interviews; Job Search; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics

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