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Building From the Bottom Up
By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman

Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, & Kristen Hines

Building the On-Demand Workforce
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, James Palano, Allison Bailey, Nithya Vaduganathan, Elizabeth Kaufman, Renée Laverdière, & Sibley Lovett

Future Positive
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Judith K. Wallenstein, Manjari Raman & Alice de Chalendar
- 13 Apr 2022
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Micha Kaufman on the new terms of the talent bargain
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- 08 Apr 2022
- News
- New York Times
A Four-Year Degree Isn’t Quite the Job Requirement It Used to Be
Re: Joseph Fuller
“Things are coming together that we really haven’t seen before,” said Joseph Fuller, a professor at the Harvard Business School and a co-author of the Burning Glass report, which was published in February.
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- 04 Apr 2022
- News
- HBS Working Knowledge
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
Re: William Kerr
Software invention spurred the rapid ascent of six American tech hubs, helping them draw talent from even larger cities. Will the rise of remote work shake the status quo? Research by William Kerr.
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- 03 Apr 2022
- News
- Reasons to be Cheerful
I Quit? The Real Story Behind the ‘Great Resignation’
Re: Joseph Fuller
This week we’re going behind the headlines on the so-called Great Resignation—which has seen record numbers of job vacancies advertised as people leave and move roles. Has Covid really revolutionized the world of work? And who is benefiting from the changes? To find...
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- 25 Mar 2022
- News
- DigiKompetenz
Joseph Fuller: Skill-based Hiring, Harvard Business School, and the Future of Learning
Re: Joseph Fuller
In this truly inspiring and future-oriented conversation, Joseph Fuller gives listeners deep insights into his recently completed research on the future of work, C-level executives, and skill-based hiring and what this means for the future of learning and the...
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- 23 Mar 2022
- News
- Harvard Business Review
The Great Resignation Didn’t Start with the Pandemic
By: Joseph Fuller & William Kerr
Covid-19 spurred on the Great Resignation of 2021, during which record numbers of employees voluntarily quit their jobs. But what we are living through is not just short-term turbulence provoked by the pandemic. Instead, it’s the continuation of a trend of rising quit...
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- 2022
- Article
- Harvard Business Review (website)
The Great Resignation Didn't Start with the Pandemic
By: Joseph B. Fuller and William R. Kerr
COVID-19 spurred on the Great Resignation of 2021, during which record numbers of employees voluntarily quit their jobs. But what we are living through is not just short-term turbulence provoked by the pandemic. Instead, it’s the continuation of a trend of rising quit...
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- 07 Mar 2022
- News
- The Future of Work
Workforce Trends You Need to Know, How COVID Impacted Digital Transformation, & Why Low Wage Jobs Are So Hard to Fill
Re: Joseph Fuller
Joe Fuller is a professor of management practice and co-leader of the Managing the Future of Work Initiative at Harvard Business School. He founded the global consulting firm Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. He has deep experience in industries with heavy reliance...
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- 07 Mar 2022
- News
- The Future of Work
Workforce Trends You Need to Know, How COVID Impacted Digital Transformation, & Why Low Wage Jobs Are So Hard to Fill
Re: Joseph Fuller
Joe Fuller is a professor of management practice and co-leader of the Managing the Future of Work Initiative at Harvard Business School. He founded the global consulting firm Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. He has deep experience in industries with heavy reliance...
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- March 2022
- Article
- Research Policy
Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention
By: Brad Chattergoon and William R. Kerr
U.S. invention has become increasingly concentrated around major tech centers since the 1970s, with implications for how much cities across the country share in concomitant local benefits. Is invention becoming a winner-takes-all race? We explore the rising spatial...
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- Article
- Harvard Business Review
Use Purpose to Transform Your Workplace
By: Leena Nair, Nick Dalton, Patrick Hull and William Kerr
Is keeping pace with the future of work incompatible with using purpose to guide the organization? Unilever is stretching its well-known commitment to purpose for a new and daunting challenge—the transformation of its workforce of more than 149,000 employees. Its...
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- 2022
- Book Chapter
Immigration Policy Levers for U.S. Innovation and Startups
By: William R. Kerr and Sari Pekkala Kerr
Immigrants account for about a quarter of US invention and entrepreneurship despite a policy environment that is not well suited for these purposes. This chapter reviews the U.S. immigration policy environment that governs how skilled migrants move to America for...
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- 16 Feb 2022
- News
- Wired
How Job Applicants Try to Hack Résumé-Reading Software
Re: Joseph Fuller
Software can also disadvantage certain candidates, says Joseph Fuller, a management professor at Harvard Business School. Last fall, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched an initiative to examine the role of artificial intelligence in hiring, citing...
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- 13 Feb 2022
- News
- Boston Globe
With Job Vacancies High, Employers Seek Out Workers They Might Have Previously Passed Over
Re: Joseph Fuller & Manjari Raman
Nationwide, there are more than 27 million “hidden workers” who are unemployed or underemployed because they are routinely screened out during the hiring process, according to a 2021 Harvard Business School study by Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman. These are people...
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- 11 Feb 2022
- News
- Harvard Business Review
Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise
By: Joseph Fuller
Two decades ago, companies began adding degree requirements to job descriptions, even though the jobs themselves hadn’t changed. After the Great Recession, many organizations began trying to back away from those requirements. To learn how the effort is going, the...
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- 10 Feb 2022
- News
- Working Nation
Guiding Low-Wage Workers on the Upward Mobility Path Is a Win for Employees and Companies
Re: Joseph Fuller
It suggests businesses need to rethink how they view low-wage workers who make up 44% of the workforce and focus on carving out upward mobility paths for these employees. “It’s going to be really perilous for companies to keep running the old playbook. There just...
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- 09 Feb 2022
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Goodwill’s Steve Preston on how to upcycle career prospects
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