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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

In January 2017 we partnered with Colleen Showalter from the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) in Portland, Oregon, and asked if they would help us recruit new talent, ages 18 and above, from underrepresented groups. They recruited a group of 30 individuals, ages 18-20, who expressed interest in the program.

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How to Help the Employees You Gain in a Merger Succeed

Harvard Business

Having been on both sides of several successful — and failed — acqui-hire transactions, certain critical success criteria and warning signs stand out: Don’t acquire talent to solve a problem or manage a pain point. How will the firm manage frustration borne of ambition? No wonder their new teams often feel betrayed.