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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

So here’s how she made sure her résumé attracted the attention of hiring managers when she started applying for chief administrative officer (CAO) positions. Manage junior staff and evaluate performance. Manage and evaluate performance of work-study students and graduate assistants.

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Companies Are Reimagining Business Processes with Algorithms

Harvard Business Review

In the early 1990s, executives and managers welcomed information technology — databases, PC workstations, and automated systems — into their offices. Managers noted historical trends and revised processes, and engineers developed code that was then baked into computing systems.

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When to Decentralize Decision Making, and When Not To

Harvard Business Review

By doing so they avoid the delays associated with information and approvals traveling up and down the management hierarchy. an on-boarding manual for new employees, an instrument to monitor plant performance, a CRM tool). ” But which exactly are “only those tasks”? Perennity through detachment. brands and capital).

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

Harvard Business Review

The typical funnel starts with a marketing-generated lead for a “suspect” that, after qualification, becomes a “prospect,” and then a customer through steps that are measured and managed. That is, core solution-selling and account-management skills still matter.

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