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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. Recruit, develop, and reward a team of great people to carry out the strategy. Translate that vision into a clear strategy about what actions to take, and what not to do.

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Hay Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Robert Rock – Milton Rock’s son and co-author of the Compensation Handbook and Mergers & Acquisitions Handbook. HAY GROUP INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Diana Kim – Director, Asia Pacific Compensation, Benefits & HRIS at United Technologies.

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How to Ask for a Promotion

Harvard Business

The job would involve managing the HR team, and also recruiting and hiring for the company itself. For example, she described how she revised the company’s internal handbook by using skills she honed as a consultant and crowd-sourcing HR ideas from the team she already managed. The handbook was rolled out company-wide.).

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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. When I left the University of Utah, I went to go consult with Medalia, which is one of the fastest growing companies in the Bay area. It’s backed by Sequoia.

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A Winning Parental Leave Policy Can Be Surprisingly Simple

Harvard Business

An employee handbook update doesn’t usually merit a press release and glossy promotional video — except when there’s a benefits arms race on. Primary-caregiver policies are also counterproductive to employer efforts to recruit and retain women, who leave industries like tech at twice the rate of their male counterparts.

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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. .” Case Study #2: Present evidence to make your case, and then be flexible and committed to the job. Wade’s boss agreed to a yearlong trial.

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