Business schools warn students against entering saturated markets. But they may not be following their own advice—at least not in the San Francisco Bay area.
Bernie Ferrari, dean of Johns Hopkins's Carey Business School, talked to The Wall Street Journal about interdisciplinary collaboration, faculty recruitment and what it's like for the school to be the new kid at a historic university.
Aiming to lend a practical aspect to academic work and give students a taste of the actual business world, more schools have been expanding their executive-in-residence programs, which bring former managers in for stints that can last for years or as little as a day.
It's not always a candidate's fault when a job interview goes south. Hiring managers can be to blame. Now there are new techniques to help prevent the process from going wrong.
Investors are requesting face-to-face meetings with CEOs before taking a stake in a company. CEO say the meetings leave them with less time to run their companies.
For employees who want to get ahead, flexibility, productivity, communications skills and a strong personal brand will be essential.
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Companies from startups to law firms are choosing to invest in open-air places for employees to meet, work or simply clear their heads.
Many mid-size professional and trade industry groups outsource their staffing needs to a management firm, whose directors-for-hire can multi-task across diverse organizations.
For senior leaders, holding two high-level jobs at once offers an opportunity to audition for a bigger role, but it can also cut short a promising career.
As more people turn their mattresses into a work space, companies offer work-in-bed products. One mattress boasts built-in outlets.
Companies largely excused worker absences immediately after Hurricane Sandy. But as businesses return to normal, managers are grappling with how much, and how long, to pay employees who can't make it in to work.
The latest job ads stress not only experience, but also the qualities a candidate needs to succeed. But what does that mean?
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Readers offer up some woeful tales of sitting across the table from an inept manager during a job interview.
How to conduct better job interviews, women gaining ground among the country's doctors and lawyers, and the turmoil at Citigroup continues.
Bespoke suits, jeans, tattoos and bow ties all have their place inside the office of Details magazine. But there's one thing the 65 employees of the men's fashion book, headquartered in the Condé Nast building, agree on: proper fit.
For many of the 40 employees at James Corner Field Operations, the landscape architecture firm behind the High Line in Manhattan and Freshkills Park on Staten Island, preparing to work in any environment is second nature.
To reach the top, executives must learn how to exude "presence." Some tips: Don't nod your head and do clean up your look. For one vice president, an image makeover helped her gain the managerial gravitas that she needed.
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Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle civil charges that it failed to supervise a former trader who concealed an $8.3 billion futures position in 2007.
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While teacher-training programs are a staple of many U.S. school districts, the Bay Area is particularly rich with these efforts, education experts say.
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Auto-parts maker BorgWarner named James R. Verrier as its chief executive effect Jan. 1, replacing Timothy Manganello, who will remain as chairman until April.
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Career experts say that December is a great time to reach out to hiring managers—especially during that slow gulf of time after Christmas and before the new year.
Homework can be as monumental a task for parents as it is for children. What's the best strategy to get a kid to finish it?
People may express gratitude when they gather at Thanksgiving, but it's far from traditional at the office.
Younger workers can use holiday gatherings to reinforce budding relationships with co-workers and clients and to expand their professional networks.
Maintaining a professional network while employed is the best way to prepare for an unexpected job loss or advancement opportunity.
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