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You Can’t Delegate Talent Management to the HR Department

Harvard Business

Successfully identifying, developing, and retaining leadership talent is critical for any organization’s long-term success. That’s why many of them, particularly the largest ones, rely on full-time “talent management” professionals, who work in coordination with other parts of HR.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. For comparison, they hold around 0.6%–0.7% jobs overall.)

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Businesses Can No Longer Avoid Becoming Political

Harvard Business

They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production. They have transformed employment conditions to be more inclusive and better suit the preferences of women and Millennials. Donald Trump won the U.S.

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Hiring Data Scientists from Outside the U.S.: A Primer on Visas

Harvard Business

Many companies look to hire overseas to help ease the domestic talent shortfall (in fact, one in three data scientists are born outside the U.S. ) USCIS, by law, must approve it within 90 days of the application (unless it requires additional information). Not all visas are created equal. What are the chances of approval?

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