Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

First the bad news: most of those employers aren’t doing much to provide their new hires with the training and support they need to get their careers off to a strong start. More than half (52 percent) of respondents who graduated in 2012 and 2013 and managed to find jobs tell us they did not receive any formal training in those positions.

Training 10

Training Attrition ROI Talent Management 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

Many hold deeply satisfying careers themselves. According to the National Center for Women and Information Technology, women pursuing undergraduate computer science degrees have dropped from 37% to 18%, from 1987 to 2012 , respectively. But I also felt obligated to suggest this possibility because it might not occur to anyone else.

Diversity 8

Diversity Attrition Sports CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2013

Year Up is empowering urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support to move them from poverty to professional careers in one year. Growing the organization helps us to serve more students directly, but it also drives down staff attrition by creating opportunities for advancement that rival the private sector.

Attrition 10

Attrition Entrepreneur Career Insurance 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

. “Our instructors were teaching better, and our students were learning better,” Webb noted in The Red Circle , his 2012 SEAL memoir. Before we redid the course, SEAL sniper school had an average attrition rate of about 30 percent. I’ve seen it happen, and careers ended when it did.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8