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The Peril of Untrained Entry-Level Employees

Harvard Business Review

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.

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Nonprofits Need to Compete for Top Talent

Harvard Business Review

To achieve impact, it's critical that social entrepreneurs attract, retain, and develop skilled talent. Year Up is empowering urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support to move them from poverty to professional careers in one year. Many nonprofits are able to attract talent, but struggle to develop and retain it.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

. “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.