Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2016

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. Last fall, Forbes reported that Snapchat had begun using geofilters (overlays that Snapchat users can put on top of images) in an attempt to poach employees from other top startups.

Recruiting 70

Recruiting Recruitment Talent Strategy 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

As the pioneering Danish firm Specialisterne showed first in the early 2000s, however, and as the Australian Defence Organization’s partner DXC Technology has demonstrated through deployments in Australia, if you manage things right, you can recruit great talent and activate it to a maximum degree from populations of autistic people.

Recruiting 73

Recruiting Recruitment Talent Case Interview 73

Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

The entrepreneurs reported that the most important barrier to growth is — surprise! Know that funding alone is not going to solve the recruiting problem. Just as entrepreneurs of all kinds need to anticipate consumer trends and product development, they also need to stay ahead of their hiring needs. — money.

Talent 133

Talent Enterprise Survey Recruiting 133

Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2018

What they do have is a strong mission and an existing workforce that reports high levels of public service motivation. Because of this, it’s no surprise then that police departments lean on public service messaging to recruit. ” The results were striking.

Recruiting 73

Recruiting Recruitment Government Study 73

Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

Developing leaders to drive financial performance and operational excellence has always been important. Faced with this challenge, executives listed the need to develop leaders who can drive strategic change as the most important leadership development priority for their organizations. Image courtesy of Korn Ferry.

Development 70

Development Survey How To Leadership 70

Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive. How to Develop Leaders Who Can Drive Strategic Change.

Talent 107

Talent Recruiting Recruitment Survey 107

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

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.”

Research 128

Research Education Recruiting Recruitment 128

Management Consulted

JUNE 1, 2009

Everything from recruiting to lifestyle, daily work to client relationships. Berkeley undergrad who received Navigant and FTI Consulting offers – our interviewee shares insights on recruiting from a large public university , and his thoughts on the relative merits of Navigant Consulting and FTI Consulting. Favorite recent posts.

Consulting 113

Consulting Management Recruiting Recruitment 113

Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2018

In STEM fields, both the private and public sectors continue to struggle with recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. Like many technical workplaces, UCAR, which has approximately 1400 employees, has struggled to recruit and retain women and people of color. We kept this in mind when creating our own workplace diversity program.

Recruiting 125

Recruiting Recruitment Training Training 125

Harvard Business

MAY 21, 2018

In most corporate structures, today, recruitment for a position generally means starting with a formal list of tasks — the standardized job description — and hiring someone who can make a convincing case that they would perform each one. Our cars have infinitely adjustable seats and telescopic steering. We ideated constantly.

Case Interview 124

Case Interview Exercises Recruiting Recruitment 124

Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

More recent research suggests that messages in recruiting for women in STEM often reinforces the notion that men are naturally better in those fields. No wonder that fewer than 2 in 10 women in STEM who have not achieved success report being extremely confident in their abilities. Still a minority — but a far larger one.

Case Interview 139

Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment Engineering 139

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 5, 2023

News of layoffs or companies reporting the deferment of hiring decisions until mid-January. Indeed reports that hiring has cooled significantly. Job seekers report on peer-support calls and during networking meetings that they have had their interviews postponed or canceled. Compilation videos of holiday decorating fails.

Recruiting 96

Recruiting Recruitment Talent Case Interview 96

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

As a startup founder, I’m constantly struggling to recruit top talent without breaking the bank. How do you recruit a developer making well into six figures, or an experienced salesperson with four kids in private school? Invest in training and professional development.

Strategy 133

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Recruiting 133

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

This allowed for more severe penalties for fraudulent financial activity and required top level management to individually certify the accuracy of all financial reporting. In May 2004, BearingPoint reported a valuation decline of 61%. International Development. Sustainable Development. Practice Areas. Human Resources.

BearingPoint 139

BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

NERA has developed quite a reputation, but has managed to keep itself small, clearly focused and prestigious in the process. They post available internships during the winter months on Marsh & McLennan’s recruiting website. . There are a host of employee networks available throughout the Marsh & McLennan Companies.

NERA Economic Consulting 147

NERA Economic Consulting Interviews Oliver Wyman Consulting 147

Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

As we worked with clients who have been granted positions at this firm, we’ve developed some interesting perspectives on this company. In the years that followed, the firm grew to 150 employees, served a clientele of more than 500 health care organizations, and published a large number of major reports and research briefs.

Interviews 147

Interviews Culture Company Healthcare 147

Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2017

We found that, months after attending the workshop, employees reported engaging in more of the research-backed strategies for mitigating bias highlighted in the workshop than they had prior to the workshop. As much as eight months after our training, employees reported a 25% increase in use of this method.

Training 136

Training Training Interviews Survey 136

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2018

There are findings that point to positive gains in both cost savings and productivity measures, while other studies, including the recent report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, find that programs can make for good recruitment tools but won’t do much to lower costs or improve health. Sponsored by Medtronic.

How To 128

How To Metrics Groups Energy 128

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2017

And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business. These leaders learn to oversee and delegate work, and develop and coach others.

Training 136

Training Training Management Healthcare 136

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

At L’Oréal, CEO Jean-Paul Agon signaled the company’s digital transformation when he recruited Lubomira Rochet to be the chief digital officer and a member of the executive team. She introduced a set of live dashboards and frequent reports that helped the team keep a constant pulse on consumer behavior and activity.

Media 139

Media Fashion Agile Sales 139

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

In 2003, Bridgespan created the “Bridgestar” initiative to focus on leadership development and to help professionals transition into nonprofit careers. Strategy Development. Youth Development. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Their services emphasized analytical consulting. Funding Strategy.

Interviews 150

Interviews Culture Bain Consulting 150

Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 27, 2022

Positioning yourself the wrong way can limit your income, cost you thousands of dollars a year in taxes, stunt your professional development, and tie you unnecessarily to the traditional 9-to-5 routine. Friends don’t let friends W-2! By contrast, professional independent consultants operate as microbusinesses.

Consulting 195

Consulting Accenture Hotels Nonprofit 195

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Decision scientist: Dashboards, presentations, memos, new metrics, predictive models to inform decision-making, opportunity analysis to determine what to invest in or prioritize, reports on the results of experiments including recommendations. So which kind of data scientist should you be recruiting? What are the measures of success?

Data 132

Data Engineering Software Operations 132

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

The study predicts that if we can double the pace at which women become frequent users of digital technologies, the workplace could reach gender equality by 2040 in developed nations and by 2060 in developing nations. This is a huge leap forward. Digital fluency is not a cure-all.

Accenture 118

Accenture Education Government Wireless 118

Harvard Business

JUNE 4, 2018

In our paper, we sought to develop a more rigorous understanding of whether and why overworked bosses are less likely to treat employees fairly. In our first study, we recruited 107 managers in the United States to complete two daily surveys for 10 workdays. We examined these questions via three studies.

Research 136

Research Management Survey Study 136

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

47% of employees admit they feel tired or very tired from the absence of natural light or a window at their office, and 43% report feeling gloomy because of the lack of light. The eMarketer Mobile Research study reports that American adults over the age of 18 spend about four hours on their mobile devices every day.

Real Estate 133

Real Estate Survey Study Wireless 133

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2017

When it comes to training and workforce development, lots of them. The metrics we track include: productivity, cost savings in recruitment and training, quality, retention, and speed to promotion. One such activity was the observation and reporting of changes in patients’ conditions.

Training 134

Training Training ROI Metrics 134

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The experiment succeeded: Teams temporarily stationed there worked better and faster than colleagues elsewhere, and they reported greater satisfaction and engagement (along with bouts of depression upon returning to the office). But our research and reporting show this isn’t the case. Community managers are the key to success.

Company 128

Company Case Interview Engineering ROI 128

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2018

I’ve been approached many times by recruiters asking me to refer them to communications talent, but frequently the folks I offer up are rejected because they don’t have a master’s degree or PhD in a scientific or technical field. What are technical innovators doing wrong – and how can they fix it?

Interviews 136

Interviews Journal Recruiting Recruitment 136

Tom Spencer

JUNE 2, 2023

For example, my LinkedIn profile highlights my two primary experiences: strategy consulting and international development. Copying your resume verbatim can irritate recruiters and end up being counterproductive when they visit your LinkedIn profile looking for additional insights into your fit for the role.

Resumes 103

Resumes Consulting Management Cover Letters 103

LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Leadership and Management Development Matters According to recent research by McKinsey and the Corporate Executive Board, more than 500 executives ranked leadership development among the top three human capital priorities, and two thirds of leaders rated developing effective leaders as their top concern.

Development 46

Development Leadership Management Training 46

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

For example, early efforts of companies developing chatbots for Facebook’s Messenger platform saw 70% failure rates in handling user requests. The report also highlighted that companies across many sectors, such as manufacturing and health care, have captured less than 30% of the potential from their data and analytics investments.

Insurance 130

Insurance Insurance Video Training 130

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2017

” Workplaces tend to recruit and reward employees who take charge, confidently express their ideas and opinions, and promote themselves. For example, on its website, the consulting firm Deloitte says: “We want all our people to develop in their own way, playing to their own strengths as they hone their leadership skills.“

Research 136

Research Education Culture Training 136

The Source

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For the last few weeks, the Source thought leadership team has been busy rating a huge amount of consulting firm content to input to our Quality Ratings Report covering the whole of 2020. There could be a few reasons: Fear of giving away the crown jewels.

Recruiting 69

Recruiting Recruitment Report Tools 69

Tom Spencer

JULY 18, 2021

Computer science and computer engineering students might take a break from developing algorithms and instead develop code for a technology firm. Humanities and social science majors might want to develop new skills serving as an administration intern for government or academia. Test Drive Your Degree. Find Career Mentors.

Engineering 88

Engineering Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview 88

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

Even most disheartening, however, is that the focus of these efforts seems to be on the production process—meaning the mechanical aspects of publishing text and image online— rather than helping journalists originate, report, and develop stories. Managing for Metrics Rather than Mission.

Data 110

Data Journal Media Video 110

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

You’ll increase your exposure to other parts of the company, expand your network, and “develop a personal reputation that’s not tied to your boss.” ” Ultimately, she developed very strong relationships with both Jim and Sean. ” Remember who’s #1.

Case Study 132

Case Study Case Studies Meeting Management 132