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The Partnership Imperative: Community Colleges, Employers, & America’s Chronic Skills Gap
By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman

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
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Results
- 03 Jun 2022
- News
- Built In
Tech and the Gig Economy: Understanding Side Hustles vs. Moonlighting
Re: Joseph Fuller
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- 02 Jun 2022
- News
- Forbes
Guild Education Reaches $4.4 Billion Valuation As Labor Market Demands Continue—And A Downturn Threat Rises
Re: Joseph Fuller
Joe Fuller, a professor who co-leads Harvard Business School’s Managing the Future of Work initiative and was a founder of the consulting firm Monitor Group, says such a strategy would make sense for a company that has had a “very significant impact in removing a...
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- 11 May 2022
- News
- Guardian
Finding It Hard to Get a New Job? Robot Recruiters Might Be to Blame
Re: Joseph Fuller
Yet it is not foolproof. One of the most consequential findings comes from Harvard Business School professor Joe Fuller, whose team surveyed more than 2,250 business leaders in the US, UK and Germany. Their motives for using algorithmic tools were efficiency and saving...
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- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
by Rachel Layne
What would it take to build the skills your company needs in your current workforce? Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman offer a new playbook for a historic talent crunch with no end in sight.
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- 27 Apr 2022
- News
- Marketplace Business
Rolling Back Degree Requirements Expands the Pipeline for Tech
Re: Joseph Fuller
While many tech companies say they’re loosening up on degree requirements, it’s easier said than done. A Harvard Business School analysis of IT job postings from 2017 to 2021 found some of the biggest tech firms still demanded degrees for upward of 70% of jobs. Joseph...
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- 22 Apr 2022
- News
- Yahoo! Money
Why Many Employers Have Ditched Four-Year Degree Requirements
Re: Joseph Fuller
Joseph Fuller, a professor at the Harvard Business School and a co-author of the Burning Glass report, is encouraged by his research with some caveats. “We have a very distinct abatement movement in the United States for employers to say they are removing the degree...
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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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- 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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- March 2022
- Teaching Material
The Labor Market as COVID Recedes: A Great Resignation or a Great Realization?
By: Joseph B. Fuller, William R. Kerr and Ria Mazumdar
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- 09 Mar 2022
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Iron Mountain's hybrid workforce transformation
Joe Fuller
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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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- 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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