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Resumes Are Messing Up Hiring

Harvard Business Review

A recent study in the UK, for instance, shows that 3 out of 4 judges, 2 out of 3 doctors, 3 out of 4 finance directors, and 1 out of 2 chief executives come from fairly well-off families. So the better jobs tend to stay in the hands of those from wealthier backgrounds. What can be done about this?

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

Better analysis of those insights can improve marketing return on investment (MROI) by 10-20 percent and drive average profit growth of 14 percent. The CMO also worked with the finance office and product managers to link pricing and benchmark data into the RFP process, which improved quality and response times.

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business Review

Further analysis confirms that this trend is not just due to acquisitions; the companies are delisted sooner even when the sample is constricted only to those delisted for financial troubles. Chief finance officers increasingly question the ability of a day trader to value a digital company.

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