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Sally Boyle, head of Goldman Sachs' human-capital management division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said in an interview in March that the bank was also now hiring close to 50% women at graduate level.
Headhunters Seek Larger Pool of Women Candidates Matthew Turner 2011
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Companies are making their investment and human-capital decisions for 2012 right now.
Charles Kolb: Pushing on a String? Charles Kolb 2011
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These are developed world names, but then this is a sector in which the evolving product cycle and high human-capital content arguably leaves the West reasonably well equipped to defend and augment its competitive position.
Barclays Wealth's Gardiner Bets on Tech Tara Loader Wilkinson 2011
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The human-resource or human-capital function needs to be a part of the conversation, but for too long they have owned the conversation.
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The key policy aims should be removing the tangle of tax, policy, regulatory and human-capital impediments to domestic private investment.
World War II Stimulus and the Postwar Boom Richard P. Rumelt 2011
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Whether or not you gauge your future earnings' value, the human-capital concept implies a more immediate task: Reassess whether your portfolio is diversified.
Know What You Are Worth to You Andrea Coombes 2011
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We felt that there's a need to look at the whole human-capital chain, starting from K-through-12 education.
Building a U.S. Export Economy: Creating a New Mind-Set David Wessel 2011
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Our competitors are directing increasing resources to human-capital development and energy security.
Toward a New American Century Michael Milken 2010
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"Under any good human-capital system there are going to be people who don't meet our standards, and our children deserve that we operate with a sense of urgency in moving them out," said Kaya Henderson, who succeeded Ms. Rhee as chancellor.
Hundreds of Teachers Are Dismissed in Washington for Poor Performance Stephanie Banchero 2011
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• Sustainable capitalism can also help companies save money by reducing waste and increasing energy efficiency in the supply chain, and by improving human-capital practices so that retention rates rise and the costs of training new employees decline.
A Manifesto for Sustainable Capitalism Al Gore 2011
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