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Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions

Harvard Business Review

We know it’s awkward, talking about class. Especially in the United States, talking about class is considered taboo. When the subject comes up, otherwise articulate and extroverted people suddenly clam up and be struck dumb by the social awkwardness that is a customary partner of conversations about class.

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Why I Didn’t Alter My Resume, and Why Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Should Be Fired For Altering His

The Idolbuster

On May 3, 2012, a dissident investor accused Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson of falsifying his resume on the company web site and in financial disclosures by claiming a computer science degree that he didn’t earn. Relevant, yes, but it’s kind of awkward to write “AB in Biology with lots of classes in philosophy.”

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“A Friend of a Friend” Is No Longer the Best Way to Find a Job

Harvard Business Review

Career Transitions. How to Use Your LinkedIn Profile to Power a Career Transition. Change Your Career Without Having to Start All Over Again. While it’s not a duplication of Granovetter’s study, watching 380 success stories collected from 2012 to 2014 allowed me to conduct a fairly comparable study.

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Case Study: Is It Ever OK to Break a Promise?

Harvard Business Review

Date: January 20, 2012 20:41. Date: January 23, 2012 14:18. Date: January 23, 2012 14:42. Manufacturing is not the most glamorous business, and MBA recruiters are known for tempting people into more “prestigious” careers. Date: January 23, 2012 17:52. Date: January 23, 2012 18:37. To: Patrick Fishburn, Asst.

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

Often its members join in a professional organization, local, state, or national, which enunciates standards and ethics of professional performance sometimes with the powers of enforcement.” ” Education, then, is not usually an incremental step to a better way to make a living life or a waystation to another career.

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What Employers Want from the Long-Term Unemployed

Harvard Business Review

In the same survey, 61 percent said taking a class or going back to school is a great start. Volunteerism is a testament to a person's character and work ethic. So what do hiring managers recommend? This can be as simple as taking a certification course (e.g., It can't be an isolated bullet point buried on the page.

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Why Men Work So Many Hours

Harvard Business Review

Nine percent of working moms clock more than 50 hours a week during the key years of career advancement: ages 25 to 44. In late 2012, Bank of America announced that it was preparing to add more restrictions to its work-from-home program, reportedly to increase efficiency. I''ve been asking lots of people that question lately.

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