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The Lure of China's Public Sector

Harvard Business Review

million university graduates entered the job market in 2010 , up from one million in 1999. Especially telling: 57% of the Chinese women university graduates surveyed for our book Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets rated the public sector as an attractive job option. More than 6.4 What's going on?

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire. Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year?

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

I had to step back and think about the themes in my own career and what I’ve been hearing this year from women all over the country. In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. As of 2010, only 2.4% corporate boards. of the U.S.

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Corner Office Shakeups

Coaching Tip

They also haven't necessarily spent their careers at one company or in a single industry. Only 35 percent of 1,318 executives surveyed by Korn/Ferry International in December said their companies had a succession plan. CEO turnover declined from 12.7 percent in 2007 to 9.4 study of CEO succession from 2000 to 2009.

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What Research Tells Us About How Women Are Treated at Work

Harvard Business Review

The methodology: Career center questionnaires were completed by 355 incoming business school students (241 men and 114 women) regarding their job preferences (desired compensation, hours of work, and days per month of travel). Many schooling and initial career decisions…occur early in life, when most women are single.