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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
taken Watson through an accelerated Massachusetts teacher-training course, a summer of student teaching, and the job at Brookline High. He says his first year has been “as difficult as learning a new... View Details
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Daniel Sheyner
credit for the book.) But now, after years spent breaking into private equity and detailing the industries' particulars, Sheyner is leaving it behind. In July, he started his first post-HBS job at Atika... View Details
- 02 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents
increased for consumers, and there were more jobs lost in those sectors suffering from higher steel prices than steel jobs created. After Trump’s announcement, the Dow Jones industrial average greeted the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Elizabeth Powers (MBA 2021) was thrilled to land a summer internship at a highly respected consulting firm. Then came COVID-19, and the firm announced it was shortening her View Details
- 01 Apr 2024
- News
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
- 06 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
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
- 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
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Connections & Relationships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Connections & Relationships Background People always tell you that business school isn't just about the available resources and what you learn in class—it's about the other students. My first experience with the social enterprise... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
recall two instances when he went out of his way to help me in my career. Toward the end of my first year at the school, I had a summer job offer which was cancelled about a month before the summer break... View Details
John R. Sculley
Leaving his position as CEO of Pepsi-Cola, Sculley’s first task as head of Apple involved cutting costs and cutting people, most notably, Apple’s founder and symbol, Steven Jobs. Though the firing of Jobs... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
(Editor's note: This first in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Small businesses are core to America's... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
The summer training program at Bear Hug Cattle Company starts truly at square one. “The first day is about teaching the guys how to just be out here and not die,” says lead instructor Zach Aguilar, gazing out from under his broad-brimmed hat to the grassy rangelands of... View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- News
Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community
Rebecca Sumner Lien (MBA 1993) (photo by Genevieve Shiffrar) Rebecca Sumner Lien (MBA 1993) (photo by Genevieve Shiffrar) A part-time job at a Roy Rogers restaurant first introduced Rebecca Sumner Lien to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
obstacle.” The experience helped shape her focus as she later pursued her career. “Being able to help my community—that’s what I’ve always wanted to do.” Engineering was the first step for Thompson-Woode. A first-generation college... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India
opportunities in relation to other countries. She also notes that Leadership and Organizational Behavior “opened my eyes to my own internal leadership strengths and weaknesses.” “I want to build a healthy future for India,” states Bhandari, whose View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
Leanne Huebner (MBA 1997) was just out of college, working at her first job and volunteering her free time with foster children when a little girl asked: “Will you adopt me?” Just 22 and single, Huebner... View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
working together,” the article says. We talked to the researchers about how organizations can help employees cope with this difficult period—including everything from guaranteeing paid sick leave and gathering staff for virtual happy hours to allowing people to alter... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Corporation (DEC) was a daring one, not simply because it was contrarian, but because he saw the investment as a tool for massive economic and technological change." Udayan Gupta, The First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on... 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
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
force. She was confronted with a job requiring more complex computer knowledge than she possessed. There was little or no training or coaching. After three days, she was fired for the first time in her life.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett