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24 Oct 2024
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Good Jobs and Skilled Workers

19 Sep 2011
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Redefining the middle manager's job

2023
Working Paper

Job Design and Workers’ Wellbeing: Evidence from a Hospital Setting

This study examines the relationship between job design imbalance and workers’ well-being. We build on Simons (2005) framework for the design of high-performing jobs and develop a survey instrument to capture workers’ perceptions of their job design and work... View Details

Keywords: Well-being; Job Design and Levels; Working Conditions; Perception; Work-Life Balance; Health Industry

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Become an Entrepreneur Without Leaving Your Day Job

What if there was a way to pair the stability of a day job with the excitement and upside of entrepreneurship? Using proven strategies and a range of case studies, author and serial "10% Entrepreneur" Patrick J. McGinnis (MBA 2004) will explain how you can integrate... View Details

April 2014
Article

15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer

By: Deepak Malhotra

The author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers specific pieces of advice for job candidates: Don't underestimate the importance of likability. Help prospective employers understand why you deserve what you're requesting. Make it clear that... View Details

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28 May 2024
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Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

New graduates entering the job market will face a very different landscape from even a year ago, with a murky economy and potentially more limited career prospects. Though unemployment figures in the US remain near historically low... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

17 Jun 2013
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Coaching is a key part of a leader's job

06 Jun 2016
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What Role Does Government Play in Job Creation?

01 Jun 2001
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Reunions Offer Job Search, Career Assistance

Services and author of The Harvard Business School Guide to Finding Your Next Job. Holding numerous seminars during reunion weekends, Gardella — with easel, flip chart, and Magic Marker at the ready — usually begins by reminding graduates that conducting a View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Professional Services

07 Mar 2013
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Prominent Job Advertisements, Group Learning, and Wage Dispersion

Keywords: by Julio J. Rotemberg

08 Jan 2013
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Study Suggests Fix for Gender Bias on the Job

12 Nov 2019
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Non-English speakers are shut out of the top jobs

Mar 2012
Article

A Jobs Compact for America's Future

Without a well-trained, well-paid, continuously improving workforce the United States cannot compete with other nations effectively—and won’t be able to sustain high and rising living standards. Yet at all levels of the economy, we behave as if we don’t believe that:... View Details

05 May 2014
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Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance

Keywords: Management

07 Sep 2010
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Jobs 2.0: Nice Work If You Can Get It

03 Apr 2013
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A 4-step guide to landing a start-up job

Article

The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective

By: Peter A. Coles, John Cawley, Phillip B. Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and John J. Siegfried

This paper, written by the members of the American Economic Association (AEA) Ad Hoc Committee on the Job Market, provides an overview of the market for new Ph.D. economists. It describes the role of the AEA in the market and focuses in particular on two mechanisms... View Details

Keywords: Market Design; Jobs and Positions

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13 Aug 2020
Blog Post

The U.S. Job Search for International Students

Professional Development Office (CPD) provides resources, guidance, and access to job opportunities. Phillip Andrews, a Corporate Relations Director and Career Coach in CPD, has been working with international students for the last seven... View Details