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Anjali Thakkar
“Time of death: 4:57am.” This was my first experience losing a patient. Around 4am, I was falling asleep, despite the constant din of the Emergency Room, when the Code Blue alarm sounded. I dashed out behind my team, and when we arrived,... View Details
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Patrick Connolly
array of sources and disciplines but also impels you to action and thoughtful decision-making. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? First and foremost, as a career-changer, HBS has opened a world of... View Details
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Matthew Boys
“I had a funny, checkered route to HBS,” Matt Boys says, of his path toward an MBA; and, in some respects, it’s true. He edited the music section of the school paper at the London School of Economics and helped run a student nightclub, booking bands from the U.S. In... View Details
- 16 Jun 2016
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Digging Into Data: Making A Career Change
interesting and innovative data solutions that impact CPD’s approach to employer relations and marketing initiatives. When I first stepped into my position in March 2015, I got the opportunity to launch Intelligence, Opportunities &... View Details
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Blending Traditional Models of Philanthropy with Business | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
the years, from my time working in microfinance to my current work with high-growth entrepreneurs. Is it socially impactful to support charities or social enterprises that have no path to scalability? Does creating middle-class jobs count... View Details
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Jialei Tian
Live in fear of failure – unable to wholeheartedly realize my potentials and relentlessly pursue my dream. My first experience of failure took place when I was in the third grade. Two weeks after winning a spot in a school show, I was... View Details
- 14 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What is a Career Coach?
(what industry/function/role is a good fit for me?) through the strategy and tactics of a successful job search. How do you match students with coaches? We have our coaches reach out to students for an initial meeting in the View Details
- 06 Jul 2021
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The MS/MBA Technology Showcase: A Celebration of Our Startups
thrown-together coding skills, my network, and sheer luck. I landed my first job as a software engineering consultant at Red Hat, and launched into a new world of software engineering. Two years later, I... View Details
- 11 Mar 2022
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Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
“But we will also need more software engineers and marketers in the climate tech workforce.” He added, “We need to make these jobs more attractive to the young and dispel the notion that college has to be a View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll
since 2007 by Cynthia Carroll (MBA ’89), the first woman and first non–South African to hold the firm’s top spot. In addition to South Africa, from which it derives roughly half its profits, Anglo operates... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
Photography by Robert Schoen If I take one overall impression away from HBS, it's that everyone here has a powerful story to tell,” says Martin Gonzalez, a lanky Chilean whose own life story took a dramatic turn during his first year at... View Details
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Your Personalized Experience | MBA
coaches or student advisors. Manage an Offer Understand and evaluate your offer with confidence and gather the research to negotiate. Success on the Job CPD helps students make a lasting impression during their View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Helping the Unemployed Find Work and Self-Esteem
professionals into finance or technology positions,” he says. “Working with unskilled, long-term unemployed clients was something new.” Reed, who today leads Reed Executive, Ltd., recalls the enthusiasm of staffers in the firm’s first... View Details
- 17 Jun 2019
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Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program
Kristina Wang (MBA 2020) is an MBA student at HBS who just completed her first year and is currently interning at Denali Therapeutics before her second year. I did not expect myself to become interested in biotechnology. Growing up in... View Details
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
percent have been placed in or found jobs in the retail and hospitality sectors, earning at least twice the minimum wage on average. By 2019, its target goal is to train 25,000 unemployed youth annually. “We want to write the playbook for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
the last decade. First job I was the summer maintenance boy at our local swim club — mowing lawns, cleaning toilets. You probably couldn't start much lower. Inspirations The entrepreneurs who start the... View Details
- 30 Dec 2013
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Most Popular Articles of 2013
job performance, failing to consider the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions officers focus on high GPAs, discounting influence of easy grading standards? Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the... View Details
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- 09 Mar 2021
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Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
furthering their education. Enright is seeing double the number of full-time participants attend CCRI right after high school. Because of the program, many CCRI graduates go on to jobs across the state that help to fill the middle-skills... View Details
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- 14 Jul 2023
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Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
previous CEO role. “But it is important. Business needs gender diversity.” Eberle Walker first recognized the gender imbalance in the business world as an investment banking associate. She was often the only woman in a meeting—a fact that... View Details
- 01 Apr 2024
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Generosity Multiplied
There’s little doubt that James Reed (MBA 1990) loves his job. After all, he’s the chairman and CEO of Reed, the United Kingdom’s first and largest jobs website, and he takes the company’s slogan—“Love Mondays”—to heart. Even so, he admits he has a side hustle. When... View Details