The last post, Event Planning for Recruiting Success – Part 1, reviewed the two main recruiting events at HBS, Company Presentations and Company Conversations. In Part II we will cover hosting virtual events, meeting with targeted groups of students, and building your brand through industry education. It is worth reiterating that not every event is right for every company; use this as a guide to determine which format(s) would be most successful for your organization. [...]

Hosting a company recruiting event is a great way to build brand awareness and engage with HBS students. At the same time, we know that event planning requires a commitment from your team in preparing materials, securing speakers, advertising, and in many cases traveling to campus. So how do you optimize your time and choose an effective event format? [...]

Sesame Workshop (SW) is the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street and much more. SW’s mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. Since I’ve been here, I’ve seen firsthand how that mission suffuses everyone’s work – I’ve never worked in an organization where every employee is truly united and motivated by a singular goal. SW combines fun media with enriching, meticulously crafted curriculum to address children’s critical developmental needs in the U.S. and across the world. My role for the Fellowship year is Director of Strategy – I sit on the strategic planning and venture capital team. [...]

At Amazon, Tiffany Nida (HBS MBA 2012) leads a fifteen-person team in her current role as senior manager, product management, in one of the company’s frontier business segments, Amazon Transportation. Her five-and-a-half year tenure began, as it does for many Harvard MBAs, with an internship between her Required Curriculum and Elective Curriculum years. [...]

How can you become a better manager? What are the steps you need to take to get there? Below, we've compiled five management tips from Harvard Business School faculty and industry leaders who are featured in the new HBX course Becoming a Better Manager to help you get the most out of the teams you manage. [...]