Ever wonder why Shad gets so crowded in the evenings, or why you can always find runners and bikers circling the Charles? Is it to relieve stress, perhaps attract a future partner, or rather; is it to land that dream job? Like it or not, it seems that when it comes to landing the dream [...]
The Beauty Premium
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Nov 172008
The Seven Deadly Fears
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Nov 062006
As the recruiting season has shifted into high gear, I have at times felt gripped by paralysis when thinking about my career. Somehow I can read cases, work on projects, and sift through hundreds of emails, but my brain tries to shut down every time I attempt to research industries or brainstorm about my future. [...]
News in Brief:
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Sep 202004
Resume Deadline Pushed Earlier With the economy recovering and a wave of recruiters eager to come to campus, Career Services asked all EC students to submit their full-time job search resumes on their second day back to campus. In addition, all RC students will be required to submit their full-time job search resumes sometime next [...]
Merrick Remains Bullish on the Job Market
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Feb 092004
It is the middle of Hell Week, and Matt Merrick is cautious but pleased.Although it is “still very early” in the recruiting season, all indicators are up. The number of companies recruiting on campus rose by 20 percent over last year, while the number of first round interviews is up 35 percent. The punch line? [...]
Jan 202004
(Wilder House) RC student Chad Souter threw Career Services for a loop last Thursday when he told his career counselor that the most important thing he wants out of a job going forward is a strong work/life balance.“When my counselor, Joan Diaz, asked me to define what I think work/life balance means, I told her [...]
Oct 062003
(Charles Hotel) RC student Barry Dinacola won the Section N Career Rep election last week, fulfilling Dinacola’s lifelong dream of getting a job to officially forward e-mails to classmates. “A thank you to every one who voted for me,” yelled an elated Dinacola at his victory party in the “Dinacola Command Center” at the Charles [...]
Fall 2003 Career Services Update With Matt Merrick
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Oct 062003
As the Fall company presentations kicked off last week, suit-clad students milled through the halls of Aldrich considering and re-considering their career options. With the economy not yet yielding clear signs of a job recovery, many students found themselves spending more time jump-starting their job searches than reading their cases, leading many to wonder how [...]
WSJ Ranks HBS #8
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Sep 292003
In its third annual ranking of the top graduate business schools, the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive placed Harvard Business School at #8 based on the opinions of 2,191 M.B.A. recruiters who rated the schools and students on 26 attributes. While HBS received top marks for its faculty and for its academic excellence, specifically in areas [...]
Editorial: Goodbye For the Summer
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Jun 022003
Dear Harbus Reader:We have 17 issues down, and this Editorial Staff of The Harbus News has 16 issues to go. First, the past seventeen issues – hopefully, in your mind as a reader, the paper has extended beyond the advent and reign of the incomparable and hilarious “That Guy”. This first semester for us at [...]
Desk Dispatch
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Apr 142003
Nine months after business school and here we are – members of the Class of 2002 – living life post HBS. We sit at our first jobs out of business school (second jobs for some of us), trying not to contemplate the state of the world, but our chosen vocations and waiting to see what [...]
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