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Distinguish Yourself from the Market, Not Just Other Applicants

Harvard Business Review

to low-cost countries by 2015. A CPA was laid off from her high-paying, high-pressure job as comptroller in a small private sector company. Between 2007 and 2008, financial, information, and professional service jobs were outsourced at an average rate of 5.4% (PDF). John McCarthy of Forrester Research predicts that at least 3.3

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

Experts predict it will surge even more in 2015-2016. Such “dark money” spending is a fast-growing share of campaign expenditures: the total spent by tax-exempt organizations that conceal their donors increased from $5.2 million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle.