This course is specifically designed to help students learn more about their strengths and how they can utilize these strengths to manage their careers. The course will draw on the latest research and practices, experiential exercises, case studies, and guest speakers, all with the goal of helping students deepen their understanding of the forces and dynamics that shape careers.
Emilio Castilla studies how social networks influence organizational and employment processes and outcomes over time. His focus is on the hiring, retention, and job mobility of employees within and across organizations and locations, as well as on the impact of teamwork and social relations on performance.
Castilla joined the MIT Sloan faculty in 2005, after being a faculty member for three years in the management department of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Institute for Work and Employment Research at MIT, as well as a Research Fellow at the Wharton Financial Institutions Center and at the Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School.
Castilla holds a Graduate Diploma in business from Lancaster University, UK; a BA in economics from Universitat de Barcelona; and a PhD in sociology from Stanford University.
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