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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

The firm knew it had to build its internal design capabilities and believed its newly merged team represented an agile shortcut superior to hiring digital design agencies or recruiting people to build a department. The last point is less a guideline than an introspective impression.