Career
If you’re among the business school candidates concerned about a gap in your resume, don’t try to hide it. The first thing to know is that staying mum isn’t a strategy, and hoping your admissions reviewer isn’t going to notice won’t do anything to win their favor (it’s the opposite, really). That’s because admissions committee members are experts at both assessing the whole picture about a candidate while at the same time, scrutinizing the details of an application. (Poets & Quants)
Visit https://poetsandquants.com/2018/04/10/gap-in-your-mba-resume/ to view the full article online.
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Diversity in the Workplace
International
Sweden is winning the race towards becoming the world's first completely cashless society, but there are growing concerns it's causing problems for the elderly and other vulnerable groups. (BBC)
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Education
Established in the spring of 1968, the African-American Student Union (AASU), a student club at Harvard Business School (HBS), is marking its 50th anniversary. As part of a year-long celebration, with the help of Senior Lecturer Tony Mayo and his colleagues in the Leadership Initiative, the School’s Baker Library Special Collections has mounted an extensive exhibit in the Library’s north foyer documenting the founding and growth of AASU over two decades, from the troubled times of the late 1960s--in the midst of the civil rights movement, protests against the Vietnam War, urban unrest, and the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy--until 1990. ( Harvard Business School)
Visit https://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/aasu-anniversary-exhibit.aspx to view the full article online.
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Government
In most states, public pension funds don't have enough money to pay for benefits they've promised to government workers. The problem is getting worse. Overall, the shortfall across states grew by $295 billion between 2015 and 2016, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. (CNNMoney)
Visit http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/12/retirement/state-pension-funds/index.html to view the full article online.
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