Hiring - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

"Self-regulation" increasingly rings like a mantra in business. Just think of topics in the news over the past couple of months, such as the Italian fashion industry's move toward self-regulation to discourage the hiring of dangerously... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

Last year, the pioneering Black-owned global asset management firm Brown Capital Management found itself at a crossroads. The secret to its success had been a deliberately diverse hiring strategy, but with the looming retirement of its... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

09 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

half of new engineering hires the option to work at home at least one day a week. GM ads offered less than half that, while fewer than one-sixth of Ford’s listings had a remote component. Tesla, whose CEO Elon Musk famously opposes... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

the thinking on this idea of neurodiversity; that we do better when we mix people who think differently or are wired a bit differently.” Social difficulties are one of the hallmarks of ASD, making it hard for those with ASD to make it through a traditional View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

difference in the salaries negotiated by male and female MBAs hired into low-ambiguity industries, which included 70 percent of our participants. In high-ambiguity industries, however, male MBAs negotiated salaries that were $10,000... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

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Research Design - Impact Investments

research is archival and constructs a timeline of how our sampled companies evolved, including key events such as executive hires and departures, mergers and acquisitions, set-backs and successes, as well as exits. Next, we conduct... View Details

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

Federal restrictions of employee non-compete agreements could be in the cards for 2022, paving the way for increased worker mobility in a variety of industries. Such restrictions would have hiring and strategy implications for businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

16 May 2024
News

On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

providing a basic service for free and paid subscriptions to an advanced version. By 2019, Slack had 88,000 paying customers and 10 million daily users. The company hired its first sales teams to recruit large corporations. Microsoft... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

07 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing

interviews and resume reviews with some of the amazing product leaders in Professor Perri’s network built a new kind of confidence in myself and the upcoming hiring process. And finally, my semester-culminating project, where I dissected... View Details

04 Nov 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

performance," and reaches conclusions that might give pause to many who chase stars. Their subjects are top investment analysts (as identified annually by Institutional Investor magazine) and the organizations that develop and hire... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

sustainable outcomes to the benefit of shareholders." However, Gary Johnson cautions that "Because excitement is so critical to success, pay for performance value can be diminished the longer the time delay for receiving performance pay." Xu Jian... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

09 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge

For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details

Keywords: by Glen Justice

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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

to keep pace with the changes. Simultaneously, we’re seeing a divisive split in how companies approach the workforce, with some reaffirming a commitment to diversity, while others are removing diversity considerations in their hiring and... View Details

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Networking Opportunities - Recruiting

Hire Talent Networking Opportunities Hire Talent Networking Opportunities Engage with Student Clubs Connect with 50 career-related clubs to target your ideal candidates and build your brand on campus.... View Details

26 Mar 2021
Blog Post

How to Build a Resume That Stands Above the Competition

a webinar on resumes. We asked Jill to answer a few questions related to her presentation, to assist you all as you navigate the job search process. What is your #1 tip for writing a strong resume that will stand out amongst the competition? Focus on accomplishments.... View Details

27 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?

effective on its own. Focus on situations and processes. Rather than train people to be less racist, companies should look for ways to remove bias from decision-making, he says. A recent study by Chang found that managers hire people with... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

reading from the Working Knowledge Archives It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/sanjeri View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Paige Arnof-Fenn Student Clubs Partner with one of the 50 career-related clubs on campus to engage with targeted groups of students. See all clubs Recruiting Contacts Work with a... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

For its representative in these critical talks, the board should have hired an outside specialist, with properly aligned interests and incentives. More generally, you should look hard at a potential agent's other interests and... View Details