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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

Specifically, we used a technique — known as the resume audit method — that is widely seen as the gold standard for measuring employment discrimination. All in all, we sent fictitious resumes to 316 offices of 147 top law firms in 14 cities, from candidates who were supposedly trying to land a summer internship position.

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What the Best Cross-Cultural Managers Have in Common

Harvard Business

Where can they find such talent? My advice is to look to a group of people I call “global cosmopolitans”— highly educated, multilingual professionals who have already lived, worked, and studied for extensive periods outside their home regions. For example, having worked in China tells only a part of the story.

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Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions

Harvard Business

Employers who exclude class from discussions about diversity and inclusion risk losing or alienating talented employees. As a banker asked to evaluate a series of resumes said, “ Anyone who plays squash I love.” The resumes were identical in terms of education and work experience.

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What to Do If Your Career Is Stalled and You Don’t Know Why

Harvard Business

Having assessed over 2,000 CEOs and over 18,000 C-suite leaders since 1995, we are struck by how often careers of talented executives stall or even derail because of seemingly trivial issues, many of which are utterly fixable. We often see talented executives hitting home runs in their own division and striking out with their peer group.

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How Stay-at-Home Parents Can Transition Back to Work

Harvard Business

Research by the Center for Talent Innovation shows that only 73% of highly qualified women who wanted to return to work were able to do so, and just 40% of those landed a regular full-time job. It’s unfair — but common — for talented professionals to be penalized for taking time off to do caregiving.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Is my resume where it needs to be?” We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Do you want to talk about your resume and your experience first, or do you want to talk about the questions that you have? Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?

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Analysis Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Analysis Group is pretty prescriptive in terms of the careers that are open to its employees, depending on his or her level of education. If you do have the requisite education, you will be hired as an Associate. Having Analysis Group on your resume communicates a brand that conveys intelligence and a driven, high-performing nature.

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