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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Resumes are about Strategy
Last week I was contacted by a CFO who sent me two resumes to review along with a request to talk by phone. I would normally just do an email review on one of his resumes, but since he was … Continue reading
Posted in CFO Careers, Resumes
Tagged CFO, commodity, personal brand, positioning, resume, resumes, value proposition
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Five Key Steps for Building a Linked In Profile
As social media tools continue to be a critical piece of an overall corporate recruiting strategy, CFOs and senior finance executives will want to leverage powerful positioning on Linked In. How your profile is perceived by recruiters is paramount to … Continue reading
CFOs in the Board Room
In case you missed it, CFO.com published an article summarizing panel comments on who should be in the Board Room. Yes, the consensus by retired-CFOs is that Chief Financial Officers must be a part of the conversation. If you’re interested, … Continue reading
Posted in CFO Careers, Current Affairs
Tagged Boards, CFO.com, CFOs, Chief Financial Officers, finance acumen, networking, recruiters, resume
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The Secret Weapon for CFOs is the Intangible
One of the discussions by the recruiter panel at the CFO Rising conference was around the intangibles of being a Chief Financial Officer. Intangibles … as in presence. It won’t matter how great your finance acumen, skill sets, and deliverables … Continue reading
Posted in CFO Careers, Current Affairs, Recruiters
Tagged CFO, CFO Rising conference, CFO.com, Chief Financial Officer, CPA, finance acumen, finance skill, recruiter, resume, value proposition
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A High-Value CFO is …
Last April when I did the keynote at the Prophix User conference, I said this … Today, the trend is towards Operational CFOs who hold an MBA and bring a broader education & finance perspective, along with a strong ability … Continue reading
Top Finance Concerns
The CFO Rising conference yesterday morning was right up my alley with sessions on Creating Alignment in the C-Suite, A New Dynamic in the Boardroom, and … particularly … Finance Skills for a New Decade. My next few blog posts … Continue reading
Posted in CFO Careers
Tagged Boardroom, C-Suite, CFO, CFO Rising, CFO.com, CFOs, finance, finance skills, M&A, organic growth
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Lies, Resumes, & Linked In
Fistful of Talent had a blog post last week entitled “LinkedIn Profiles – More Accurate than Resumes … Sad but True.” This quote came from Reid Hoffman, founder of Linked In, in a presentation made at the first Social Recruiting … Continue reading
Executives, Careers, & Social Networking
Yesterday on Twitter I mentioned that I was reading a very interesting book on social networking entitled “33 Million People in the Room” by Juliette Powell. I’m not all the way through the book, but I will be in a … Continue reading
Online Reputation Management
One hundred percent (100%) of Chief Financial Officers and Senior Finance Executives have an online reputation to manage Not everyone loves statistics, but I do. There is something about having a factual basis for acting that resonates with my brain … Continue reading
Is your CFO position safe?
According to CFO.com’s article in the Career Center today, Chief Financial Officer’s who work for a founding CEO are more likely to be terminated after a restatement than the CEO. In fact, the CFO is fired more than 80% of … Continue reading