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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business

If any story demonstrates how far employers will go in today’s fierce war for talent, the tale of Snapchat’s geofilter recruiting campaign is it. Or, as it turns out, even the vicinity of 1455 Market Street, the address of Uber’s San Francisco headquarters. ” asked the clever riff aimed at Uber workers.

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Preparing for the Future of Talent Acquisition - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM KORN FERRY

Harvard Business

The same study found that identifying people with the right skills in a rapidly changing market is the top issue impacting recruiting. But it’s not just technology and markets that are changing—workers are changing too. Read more from Korn Ferry: How Organizations Can Thrive in the Digital Economy.

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What I Learned from Transforming the U.S. Military’s Approach to Talent

Harvard Business

In 2015 the Army informed Riley that, because of his time away, he was not being promoted alongside 90% of his peers to the rank of 1st lieutenant and he would soon be facing a board to determine whether he should be separated from the Army altogether. military over the last 250 years can, at times, make recruitment and retention difficult.

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How to Strengthen Your Reputation as an Employer

Harvard Business

In other words, what employees saw on a careers site or on their company’s social channels, or what they heard from recruiters, was often inconsistent with what they experienced when they joined the company. They can benefit greatly from assessing the distance between their recruitment marketing and the actual employee experience.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

Uber’s setback in the international market, however, wasn’t its first. To venture capitalists and the financial market, no business model is more attractive than a platform. Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run. This is a subtle but important distinction.

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3 Ways Social Entrepreneurs Can Solve Their Talent Problem

Harvard Business

The impact of “social entrepreneurs” — individuals who deploy innovation and market forces to fill social needs — is growing. Know that funding alone is not going to solve the recruiting problem. Vincent Tsui for HBR. But there is plenty of potential left to unlock. What do these enterprises need to scale up?

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The Cambridge Group: Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Acquired in 2009 by The Nielsen Company, a world leader in market research, and with only one location in downtown Chicago, the Cambridge Group has taken the most basic concept of “supply and demand” and concluded that there is a better way. Go to Market Optimization. Market Entry Strategy. THE CAMBRIDGE GROUP. Innovation.

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