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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

Let’s break this last one down: I met the job requirements listed on their hiring page, which outlines the colleges from which they recruit: * They wanted someone who uses data and analysis to make decisions — CHECK! Sorry I couldn’t be of more help. Wish you all the best! They wanted someone who has a desire to make a difference — CHECK!

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The 6 Fundamental Skills Every Leader Should Practice

Harvard Business

Over the past year we have been writing the HBR Leader’s Handbook — a primer for aspiring leaders who want to take their careers to the next level. We also explored several decades of research on that subject published in HBR; and we reflected on our own experience in the area of leadership development.

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Hay Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

A global firm with a very interesting history, they’re known for motivating, developing and training their clients’ staff as well as the for research they carry out on the companies they work with. Robert Rock – Milton Rock’s son and co-author of the Compensation Handbook and Mergers & Acquisitions Handbook.

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How to Ask for a Promotion

Harvard Business

Show your manager that “you’re working hard to develop someone else,” he says. The job would involve managing the HR team, and also recruiting and hiring for the company itself. The handbook was rolled out company-wide.). ” Consider timing. . “You have to own your career.”

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Business Spotlight: Stanford GBS grad launches Returnships

Management Consulted

It’s their largest portfolio investment ever, and one of the things I did for them was to develop their MBA recruiting strategy, and their MBA internship program. In the meantime, I’m also developing some full-blown programs to really engage with these returnee women. It’s backed by Sequoia.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Harvard Business

Wade Vielock had worked as a manager at Employer Flexible, a Houston-based human resources and recruitment company, for a year before he was transferred to San Antonio. “He said, ‘Let’s see how the role develops and reevaluate.’” Wade’s boss agreed to a yearlong trial.

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