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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

A recent Mckinsey & Company survey shows that since 2015, America has seen only a modest growth in women’s well paid jobs representation in the corporate pipeline. They mostly operate out of grocery and drugstore pharmacies, others are employed in hospitals or in clinical settings. Operations Research Analyst.

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Finance Human resources' Even HR itself agrees.

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What See-Through Pants Can Reveal About a Company's Weaknesses

Harvard Business Review

For years, the creative side of the company was the top priority, leaving things like finance, IT, and HR to suffer (yes, they tried to run their operations on spreadsheets). The Option You Can''t Use. Workplace Flexibility is Top Consideration for Nearly Three-Fourths of U.S. Working Adults Mom Corps, Harris Interactive.

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80% of Companies Don’t Know If Their Products Contain Conflict Minerals

Harvard Business Review

This regulation came as a result of concerns that the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals by armed groups was helping to finance conflict in the DRC region and contributing to its emergency humanitarian crisis. The remaining 80% admitted that they were unable to determine their raw materials’ country of origin.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the Citizens United campaign finance decision that “Business corporations must engage the political process in instrumental terms if they are to maximize shareholder value.” Too typical, however, is the situation described by a senior executive at a chemical company.

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7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

Harvard Business Review

That’s one of the questions we asked ourselves as we conducted a survey of directors of public and private companies headquartered in the United States. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). METHODOLOGY.