Hiring and recruitment

Companies pay a premium for prestigious degrees. Should they?

Six questions to ask before you fill the role.

A guide to building a better pipeline.

Relying on "sink-or-swim" approaches is expensive - and irresponsible.

Skills leaders need today from the professor who wrote the book on leadership.

No doubt about it, the top managers in this fictitious case study agree, Wellington Associates is a great place to work. Analysts at the high-tech consulting...

The best candidates think more like engineers, architects, and scientists.

Would you hire a pregnant woman? If you’re British and said yes, then you’re decidedly in the minority among your peers. A recent survey by the UK-based Employment Law Advisory Services (ELAS) found that only 5% of managers would offer a job to a pregnant candidate. Fifty-two percent said that when making a hire, they […]

The genetics boom is upon us, promising everything from cures for inherited diseases to smarter children. But companies must tread carefully as the ethical debate plays out.

What leaders do while they are trying to get power is not necessarily what they do after they have it. In the case of U.S. president Lyndon Johnson, the difference reveals both his genius and his shortcomings.

Tales of great strategies derailed by poor execution are all too common. That's because some organizations are designed to fail. For a company to achieve...

Have you ever tried to get a job where you were told that you had all the right skills but lacked experience? It's a Catch-22: You can't get the job without...

As commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Lee P. Brown faces two enormous challenges. The first is crime. In 1989 in New York City, 712,419 crimes were reported, including 1,905 murders, 93,377 robberies, and 3,254 rapes. As Brown is quick to point out, the situation has grown so severe that people in cities […]

A VP decides which candidate to promote. This fictional case study by Jeffrey T. Polzer features expert commentary by Prasad Setty and Patty McCord.

I spend a lot of time visiting with companies and figuring out what ideas they represent and what lessons we can learn from them. I usually leave these visits underwhelmed. There are plenty of companies with a hot product, a hip style, or a fast-rising stock price that are, essentially, one-trick ponies – they deliver […]

Can companies actually grow stronger during a recession? What can they do to capitalize on the problems that their rivals encounter during tough economic times? Suppose you have a sturdy balance sheet, low debt, and plentiful amounts of cash. How can you employ these strengths to take on rivals who have been weakened considerably? I’m […]

This article relates how the HR team at Juniper Networks answered top management's call for a renewed focus on values and culture as a differentiator....

HBR's editors searched for the best new ideas related to the practice of management and came up with a collection that is as diverse as it is provocative....

A series of seven studies found that candidates have more power than they assume.

Employers have a rare opportunity to recruit from the ranks of the world’s leading digital companies.