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- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
With unemployment at near historic lows in the United States, employers report that their single greatest challenge is recruiting and retaining talent. The answer for many companies is to throw money at the problem: Bonuses, incentive pay, and out-of-cycle salary... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS
EC? RC? Aldrich? What’s an Aldrich? Every organization has their own acronyms and jargon and HBS is no exception. If you are new to recruiting at HBS let us provide an HBS to English dictionary to get you acclimated to terms you’ll see on our website and on campus.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
How to onboard recently graduated MBAs
For large numbers of Harvard Business School MBA graduates, the first post-degree position is not merely a return to the workforce, but a deliberate pivot toward a new ambition. “Many MBAs are switchers,” notes Kristin Brennan, HBS Career Coach. “They’ve used their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 06 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Cathy Hutchinson
Tell us about your background before coming to HBS. I’m a born and raised New Englander. I grew up in the suburbs of Boston and then headed to Yale for college. I continued west to Los Angeles, where I worked in the media industry for 6 years - for Creative Artists... View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters
If you’re a Harvard Business School alumnus, you’ve likely been asked at some point to play a key role in recruiting current HBS students for your organization. Since recruiting may be new to you or simply something you dip into from time to time, we thought it would... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety
Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, has long studied the performance of teams in the workplace. Her latest book is The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning,... View Details
- 26 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program
When Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002) came to Harvard Business School two decades ago, he was also interested in having an impact at the intersection of business and social enterprise, but he didn’t know exactly how to pursue that career. Fast forward to today and Zeaske has led... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- 22 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
Recently, the venerable organization Coca-Cola publicly announced that a project to hire more Black employees that stemmed from the settlement of a 2000 discrimination lawsuit had failed to achieve its objectives. Along with many others, I had assumed that once a firm... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
Work from home is not a new concept, but it is one you are hearing more about this month due to COVID-19 and precautions companies are taking to prevent the spread of illness. While remote work is the norm for some, it is uncharted territory for others who are... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 13 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing
The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your industry. Meet the Team Kristen... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail
The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your industry. Meet the Team Laurie... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 23 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders
HBS Career & Professional Development is excited to share some of our favorite books from the Harvard community for Human Resources leaders. Covering topics from effective leadership, to mentoring talent, to creating an environment of growth, these books offer an... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Balancing the Ideal with the Real: Conveying Corporate Culture to Candidates
The recruiting process among companies and candidates can resemble a two-way talent competition in which all parties serve simultaneously as contestants and judges: just as candidates strive to present themselves in the best possible light, companies eager to attract... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 22 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Five Steps to Jump Start Your MBA Recruiting at HBS
Whether this is your first time recruiting at HBS, or you are a returning recruiting partner, we have five tips for getting your recruiting efforts at HBS off to a great start. 1. Determine Your Ideal Candidate – Identify the characteristics of your ideal candidate. Do... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 11 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact
Although internships have long been a staple of an HBS education, today’s MBA candidates have different expectations – with a new set of challenges for interns and employers alike. Students are interested in working in a variety of organizations, with many seeking... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 16 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?
The mission at Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. The Leadership Fellows program, an opportunity for a select group of graduating students, is one of the key ways the school supports and emphasizes that tenet. The program... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
How To Partner With a Club: Engage With Club Leaders
HBS student club leaders oversee their club’s mission and events, and support their members as they explore their career interests. New club leaders are elected each spring at which point organizations may connect with them on ways that they can partner in the... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) is sharing Working Knowledge articles to further educate our recruiting partners about best practices in human resources. Employee orientation programs ought to be less about the company and more about the employee,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World
Nonstop flights generally make traveling more pleasant—but can they lead to innovation, too, especially in the global context? Research suggests that they can, with important takeaways for managers reinstating business travel in a world emerging from the pandemic. In a... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 03 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description
Crafting a simple yet effective job description is a fine art. Many organizations miss the golden opportunity to write job descriptions that captures their culture, conveys what makes them unique, and describe the practical details of the role. Here are five points to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries