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The 20 Most Common Things That Come Up During Reference Checks

Harvard Business

The few studies that do exist, which are primarily on checks via letter in higher education, find that they may contain content that shows bias against protected classes of job applicants, and that the length of the letter is sometimes disproportionally used in decision-making. To date, we have reference feedback on approximately 3.2

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Research: When Retail Workers Have Stable Schedules, Sales and Productivity Go Up

Harvard Business

The relentless rise of online retailers has led to deep soul searching among brick-and-mortar retailers to find ways to compete. The traditional methods of competing through convenience, assortment, and pricing are largely ineffective against online retailers who outperform brick-and-mortar retailers in these dimensions.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

The workload problem is further increased by patients’ likely response to enhanced availability, such as what tax accounting and retail customers have enjoyed through digital channels. Less Time, Better Care. Overconsumption.

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How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours — and Why That Matters for Your Health

Harvard Business

Hanna, a finance director at an international home care retailer, works long hours. We conducted a study in 2010 at the Dutch subsidiary of an international financial consulting firm with over 3,500 employees. Hayon Thapaliya for HBR. She sometimes also works on weekends. What our research shows. 763 employees completed both.

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