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{{Infobox person

| name = Peter Cappelli

| image = Peter Cap.jpg

| caption = Professor Peter Cappelli in 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|9|7}}

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| death_date =

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| nationality = American

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| education = [[Cornell University]]<br> [[Oxford University]]

| occupation = Author, Researcher, Management Professor, Human Resources Consultant

| known_for = Human Resources, Talent Management

| website = {{url|https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/cappelli/}}

'''Peter Cappelli''' (born September 7, 1956) is a [[human resources]] and management academic and author. He is currently the '''George W. Taylor Distinguished Professor of Management''' at the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]], where he is also the director of the Center for Human Resources.

His research tackles issues related to hiring and training practices, electronic recruiting, [[employee retention]], and performance and [[talent management]].

==Early Life and Education==

Peter Cappelli was born in [[Upstate New York]] to a local attorney and always assumed he too would become a lawyer like his father, but eventually decided to be a professor.<ref name="Wharton Alum Mag">Moffitt, N. (2001). [https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/am01win-1.pdf Managing Without Commitment]. ''Wharton Alumni Magazine''. (Winter 2001) [online] Accessed 13 November 2019.</ref> <ref name="Interview by Rajeshwari Sharma">Cappelli, P. (2008). ''[https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/MBJlvCtgrEwy7RhCBaveiJ/More-power-to-the-Indian-employee.html More Power to the Indian Employee]''. Interview by Rajeshwari Sharma for livemint. [online] Accessed 20 October 2019.</ref>

He received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Relations from [[Cornell University]], and soon after undergrad joined [[University of Oxford]] as a [[Fulbright Scholar]], where he earned Doctorate in Labor Economics.<ref name="Wharton Alum Mag"/> He has been a [[German Marshall Fund]] Fellow, a Research Associate of [[National Bureau of Economic Research]] (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and a Guest Scholar at the [[Brookings Institution]].<ref name="Huffington Post">Huffington Post. (n.d.). [https://www.huffpost.com/author/peter-cappelli Peter Cappelli]. [online] Accessed 13 November 2019.</ref>

==Academic Career==

Cappelli joined the Wharton School in 1985, serving as the chair of its Management Department from 1995-1999, and is currently the school’s George W. Taylor Distinguished Professor of Management.<ref name="Management Department">Management Department. (n.d.) ''[https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/cappelli/ Peter Cappelli: Profile]''. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. [online] Accessed 19 October 2019.</ref> He has also held academic appointments at [[University of California (Berkeley)]], [[University of Illinois]], the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[London School of Economics]] and [[Bocconi University]].<ref name="Management Department"/>

Cappelli has numerous works to his credit<ref name="Interview by Rajeshwari Sharma"/>, comprising over 150 research titles.<ref name="5. ResearchGate">ResearchGate. (n.d.) [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Cappelli Peter Cappelli]. [online] Accessed 13 November 2019.</ref> In 2012, he wrote a book on Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs as a follow-up to his opinion piece<ref name="Cappelli">Cappelli, P. (2011). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203554104576654620869708338 ‘Why Companies Aren't Getting the Employees They Need’]. The Wall Street Journal. [online] Accessed 19 October 2019.</ref> in [[The Wall Street Journal]] that made an impact outside academia. In this editorial, he blamed employers for higher unemployment rates instead of a lack of people with the necessary skills.<ref name="McGregor">McGregor, Jena. (2012). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-leadership/post/why-you-cant-get-a-job-even-when-youre-qualified-and-the-company-is-hiring/2012/06/06/gJQAtnXdIV_blog.html ‘Why you can’t get a job (even when you’re qualified and the company is hiring)’]. The Washington Post. [online] Accessed 20 October 2019.</ref> “After writing the initial Wall Street Journal story, Cappelli heard from a few corporate leaders who told him there was really nothing they could do. He suggested he’d come out and take a close look at what they’re doing,” mentions Jena McGregor of [[The Washington Post]].<ref name="McGregor"/> In recognition for his work, Cappelli led an open forum titled “Unemployed or Unemployable” at the 2013 Davos Annual Meeting of the [[World Economic Forum]]<ref name="World Economic Forum">World Economic Forum. ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdV8U3Z_lWY&t=45s Davos 2013 – Open Forum: Unemployed or Unemployable?]''. [video] Accessed 20 October 2019.</ref> and was ranked fifth in HR Magazine’s list of world’s most influential management thinkers.<ref name="HR Magazine">[https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hr-most-influential/archive/2012-top-20-international-thinkers HR Most Influential 2012 Top 20 International Thinkers]. HR Magazine. [online] Accessed 14 November 2019.</ref>

Three years later he published another book, Will College Pay Off—A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You’ll Ever Make. The study reviewed the pitfalls in higher education and challenged the popular notion that it always makes sense to go to college.<ref name="Financial Times">Jacobs, E. (2015). [https://www.ft.com/content/2035f406-4cea-11e5-b558-8a9722977189 ‘Do students’ investments in their future really add up?’]. Book Review of Will College Pay Off, by Peter Cappelli. Financial Times. [online] Accessed 29 August 2019.</ref> This book inspired discussions on CNBC [[Squawk Box]]<ref name="Squawk Box">Squawk Box. (2015). ''[https://www.cnbc.com/video/2015/12/23/is-college-really-worth-the-price-of-admission.html Is college really worth the price of admission?]'' CNBC. [video] Accessed 13 November 2019.</ref>, [[PBS Newshour]]<ref name="PBS Newshour">PBS Newshour. (2015). [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/getting-college-degree-doesnt-always-pay Why getting a college degree doesn’t always pay off]. PBS. [video] Accessed 14 November 2019.</ref>, and was reviewed by the [[Financial Times]]<ref name="Financial Times"/>, [[The Guardian]]<ref name="McGee">McGee, Suzanne. (2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2015/jun/14/will-college-pay-off-job-training ‘Will College Payoff? The answer depends on the alternatives.’] The Guardian. [online] Accessed 20 October 2019.</ref>, and [[Quartz (publication)]].<ref name="Altschuler">Altschuler, Glenn. (2015). [https://qz.com/422623/what-youve-been-told-about-picking-a-college-major-is-probably-wrong/ ‘What you’ve been told about picking a college major is probably wrong’]. Quartz. [online] Accessed 21 October 2019.</ref>

Cappelli presented the status report on HR’s progress toward agility in the “HR Goes Agile Lite” article co-authored with Anna Tavis.<ref name="Denning">Denning, Steve. (2018). ''[https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/03/11/can-hr-become-agile/#64f39e7f4ae3 ‘Can HR Become Agile?’]''. Forbes. [online] Accessed 22 October 2019.</ref> It was listed among [[Harvard Business Review]] “10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR”.<ref name"Goodreads">Goodreads. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43444445-hbr-s-10-must-reads-on-reinventing-hr HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR]. [online] Accessed 1 November 2019.</ref> He was also invited on a TED Talk at HR Exchange to talk about the concept at Think 2018 event organized by IBM Watson Talent.<ref name="IBM Watson Talent">IBM Watson Talent. ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTH3qEoXAhk HR Exchange at Think 2018: TED Talk with Professor Peter Cappelli, Wharton School]''. [video] Accessed 21 October 2019.</ref> Steve Denning, senior Forbes contributor and former consultant at World Bank, however, suggested caution around findings and contended that there are companies such as ING Bank, where people management has evolved beyond “agile lite” towards genuine Agile management.<ref name="Denning"/>

To build better managers out of people in their 20s, Cappelli created an undergraduate course on “How to be the boss” launched in January 2019 at Wharton.<ref name="Cutter Chip">Cutter, Chip. (2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/like-a-boss-a-college-course-for-first-time-managers-11557394206 ‘Like a Boss: A College Course for First-Time Managers’]. The Wall Street Journal. [online] Accessed 20 October 2019.</ref> He has also directed Wharton’s Advanced Management program for 15 years and currently leads the TMI-Wharton Programs on Talent Management as its Academic Director.<ref name="Talent Management Institute">Talent Management Institute. ''[https://www.tmi.org/ Peter Cappelli: Academic Director of TMI-Wharton Programs]''. [online] Retrieved on 30 August 2019.</ref>

==Advisory and Consulting==

Cappelli has served on three committees of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1997, 2000 and 2007.<ref name="Peter Cappelli Curriculum Vitae">''[https://faculty.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cv_4.pdf Peter Cappelli (Curriculum Vitae)]''. [PDF] Retrieved 28 August 2019.</ref> During senior Bush and Clinton administrations, he was the co-director of the National Centre on the Educational Quality of Workforce with [[Robert Zemsky]] for the [[US Department of Education]].<ref name="Management Department"/> He was also a member of WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Employment<ref name="Global Agenda on Employment Council">World Economic Forum, Global Agenda on Employment Council. (2014). ''[http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GAC/2014/WEF_GAC_Employment_TacklingUnemploymentCrisis_Report_2014.pdf Jobs and Skills: Tackling the Global Unemployment Crisis – Preparing for Growth]''. Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. [online] Accessed 29 August 2019.</ref>, and a Senior Advisor for employment policy to the Kingdom of Bahrain between 2003 and 2005.<ref name="Huffington Post"/>

He is the host of “In the Workplace” weekly radio show with Dan O’Meara, which examines the workplace challenges faced by business owners, policy makers, and job seekers.<ref name="Apple Podcast Preview">Apple Podcast Preview. ''[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-workplace-with-peter-cappelli-and-dan-omeara/id1448118533 In the Workplace with Peter Cappelli and Dan O’Meara]''. Apple Podcasts. [online] Accessed 21 October 2019.</ref>

==Awards and Recognition==

Cappelli was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources (2003)<ref name="National Academy of Human Resources">The National Academy of Human Resources. ''[https://www.nationalacademyhr.org/fellows-directory Fellows Directory | The National Academy of Human Resources]''. [online] Accessed 28 August 2019.</ref>, was named among the 25 most important people working in the area of human capital by Vault Rankings (2001), and received the PRO award from the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters for contributions to the field of human resources (2009).[20]

==Selected Works==

* ''[[The India Way]]'': How India’s top business leaders are revolutionizing management (2010).

* ''Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can do About It'' (2012).

* ''Will College Pay Off?: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You'll Ever Make'' (2015).

* Why we love to hate HR, ''Harvard Business Review'' (2015).

* ''Fortune Makers: The Leaders Creating China’s Great Global Companies'' (2017).

* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-bosses-should-stop-thinking-of-a-players-b-players-and-c-players-1487255326 Why Bosses Should Stop Thinking of ‘A Players,’ ‘B Players’ and ‘C Players’], ''The Wall Street Journal'', 19 February 2017.

* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-mistakes-companies-make-with-hiring-11550763917 The Biggest Mistakes Companies Make with Hiring], ''The Wall Street Journal'', 21 February 2019.

==References==

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==External links==

https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/cappelli/