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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Class of '97 Placement Statistics Similar for September and January Cohorts
Average number of offers 3.3 3.3 3.5 Percentage of students returning to previous employer 18% 18% 19% Employment by Industry** Median base starting salary $82,400 Consulting 32% Investment Banking 18% Venture Capital 8% High... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- News
Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce
a job earning at least $40,000 a year. Salaries for the kind of software jobs he’s aiming for pay about double his previous salary. “The training is funded by ‘career impact bonds,’ drawn from a $40 million fund provided by philanthropic... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
the vets placed through our grantees are in those same jobs six months later, and the salaries they get exceed the national median,” he says. (Published August 2019) View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Service Leadership Fellows
The School's inaugural group of Service Leadership Fellows gathered for a Class Day breakfast celebration. For students interested in working in social enterprises after graduation, the new program matches them with nonprofit and governmental entities and provides... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Just Rewards
increasing executive remuneration. “It seemed the payouts at the top were massive and they weren’t warranted,” he says. “Meanwhile, 95 percent of the workforce was getting an annual salary increase of inflation plus one percent.” When he... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
made big contributions, too. Although the “49ers” chose a miner heading for the Gold Rush as their class emblem, growing up during the Depression gave them a different perspective on wealth. Their initial salaries averaged only $4,000,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
demonstrating their culinary skills, and a supper club. Down the road, she dreams of expanding to other cities nationwide. In a recent phone interview, Kasrai talked about her career change and how she named her company. “After HBS you have a sense that the world is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
salary to roughly 350 times during the last 20 or 25 years, with the obvious result of increasing the difference in the haves and the have-nots. This is, I believe, both unseemly and offensive to the vast majority of the American public.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
A Better Way to Go on Strike
normal operations but to put some or all of their revenues and salaries into an escrow account controlled by a trusted outside party. In the American Airlines case, planes would continue flying, but a large fraction of the company's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho
Director Jana Pompadur Kierstead. “It was exciting to welcome alumni to campus for an effort that gives students a better foundation in the various opportunities that are available.” Class of 2007 Median base salary $115,000 Median total... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
or improving salary offers. They outline detailed strategies, including talking points, that work in the real world even when the other side is hostile, unethical, or more powerful. A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)
sportsmanship, Kluzak registered an impressive career with the Bruins despite undergoing eleven operations precipitated by a 1984 knee injury. He retired in 1990 and, at age 27, entered Harvard College as a sophomore. In Kluzak's era a decade ago, the average NHL View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)
SUPERFAN When Sonnenberg attends a game, she often doesn’t watch the court or field. “I’m always intrigued by stuff that the public doesn’t necessarily think about—like the width of concourses and the mix of seating types,” she says. (Photo: Benjamin Norman) “In... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
greater societal equality and a fiduciary obligation to shareholders, she writes. Like so many companies before us, my company, Rent the Runway, had two tiers of workers. Our salaried employees — who typically came from relatively... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Just Super
Patriots' emergence through his adept handling of players' salary and contract issues, day-to-day operations, and the construction of a new stadium, where the Pats will play next season. "In the background, but really in the forefront of... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
it happens), they often see dollar signs first and foremost. Salaries are soaring - even a journeyman player can earn in a few seasons what the average fan makes in a lifetime - and ever-increasing revenues are required to fund expanding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
swapping status, seniority, or a certain salary level for lifestyle considerations or the knowledge that they are giving something back to society. Both Carlson and Sullivan urge MBAs to use their training in analysis, risk-assessment,... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
the work and knowing that a consulting salary would help mitigate the debt she and her husband, Alberto Fernandes (MBA 2012), had acquired to finance their degrees, she turned down the company’s offer of postgraduation employment.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Job Interviews
you left your previous job,” he notes. “Even if there is much that you could criticize, you should talk instead about your desire for growth and change.” Candidates also should postpone detailed questions about salary and company culture... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
spending as much as three hours in transit each way, and committing some 8 percent of their salary to transit costs. The students asked: How did these systems develop, and how can they be designed to better serve the cities’ growing... View Details