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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

It suggests that Kalanick initially saw the HR function as a means of recruiting staff to support fast growth. All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development.

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How to Activate Team Creativity and Innovation

Organizational Talent Consulting

Evidence from a large-scale study revealed that training and development positively affected innovative performance by building employee competence and organizational commitment. According to US Department of Labor statistics from 2017, 47% of the workforce in the United States is women. Yet, only 22% are in c-suite positions.

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7 People who NEED to apply to McKinsey in the next 8 days

Management Consulted

The following 7 categories of people have 8 days left to apply at McKinsey for a full-time position (provided they finish their programs in 2017/2018): PhDs. It’s no secret McKinsey recruits PhD and APD level candidates, but the process is unique compared to the way the firm hires other candidates. Non-MBA Master’s.

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Fixing the Recruiting and Retention Problems in Britain’s NHS

Harvard Business

One of the reasons for the current lackluster response is that the NHS is increasingly struggling to recruit and retain its health workforce. These students, some of the brightest in the country, then undertake a minimum of five years training at medical school. “residency.” “residency.” This is 19.3%

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Conversation with L.E.K. Consulting

Tom Spencer

I recently had the opportunity to communicate with Janine Clifford, Recruitment & HR Manager at L.E.K. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at LEK? This involves a high caliber professional development program which includes formal technical training as well as on-the-job learning experiences.

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5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program

Harvard Business

In STEM fields, both the private and public sectors continue to struggle with recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. As of 2017, nearly 75% of those in computing and mathematical fields were men and fewer than 15% were black or Hispanic. We kept this in mind when creating our own workplace diversity program.

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Research: When the Economy Is Good, Employers Demand Fewer Credentials

Harvard Business

However, after 2009, despite employers reporting an increasing number of vacancies, the unemployment rate hardly budged, resulting in an outward shift in the Beveridge Curve that persisted through the end of 2017. Economists have recently begun to suspect that the shift was caused by a decrease in “ recruitment intensity.”