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...When the dot com companies were thriving, we couldn’t hire any Internet techology specialists. Now they are finding Harvard a much more attractive place,” Walker laughs...
There's some risk here--that volunteers will be an excuse not to hire armed, trained police for homeland security; that without a solid infrastructure in place to receive them, the most avid volunteers will get frustrated. When I called the Freedom Corps hot line that Bush touted on his promotional tour last week, I got a message saying a representative would be with me shortly. I waited 15 minutes, then gave up. The biggest challenge is always to match the right volunteer to the right task, so that an engineer is building a school, not painting...
...year it is just a lot more competitive than it has been in the past. Like never before, we had more people pushing for less spots. Last year the economy was in an entirely different position and we had more to offer in terms of summer opportunities. We could hire four internship positions last year, but this year we were only looking for one or two. There was still the same interest among the students at Harvard, but we just couldn’t offer as many opportunities...
...classes, and a strong background in math are all excellent options. They should also try to gain experience in finance through summer internships early in their college careers. That is always an important factor when we choose our summer interns, and especially when we are looking for people to hire...
...system, prospective employers and employees can unknowingly take into account information about scarcities and preferences they could not possibly know any other way. Without honest market determination of wages, this information would simply be lost. Workers would unwittingly accept jobs they were overqualified to hold and companies would unwittingly hire individuals who, under a free market, would know their services are more highly valued elsewhere. The poor, of course, would be the greatest losers of all. Without the right to accept lower wages, they would be deprived of their only competitive advantage over more highly skilled workers...