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May 2020
25m 38s

Covid-19 Dispatch: People + Work Connect

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
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Covid-19 has brought Great Depression-level unemployment to many economies and triggered imbalances of supply and demand as some businesses have needed to staff-up quickly. One private sector response, People + Work Connect, is a business-to-business personnel exchange platform active in more than 40 countries. The brainchild of corporate chief human resourc ... Show More
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