Tag Archives: career

CFO Contingency Plan

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Or, Redundancy-Proofing. Or, Career Survival Plan. Whatever the name, the result is the same … ensuring that in these tough, very competitive times you don’t find yourself on the street before you start looking for your next position. As the … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Information, CFO Careers, Current Affairs | Tagged Board, career, career survival plan, CEO, CFO, Chief Financial Officer, contingency plan, Executive, hiring, P&L, P&L statement, Senior Finance, Titanic, unemployment | 2 Comments

Career Lessons Learned from Jack

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

In addition to being a crazed Gator fan (is it football season yet?), I’m also a Hallmark movie mush. Yes, I admit it. And yesterday I caught up on a few of my DVR’d flicks, including “Jack’s Family Adventure.” Jack … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged career, career lessons, Executive, finance executives, Gator, Hallmark, Hallmark movie, Jack's Family Adventure | Leave a comment

Recruiting Game-Changers

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

As much as I detest pro-sports (with the exception of the “BroncoGators”) and particularly the whole LeBron hoopla, I could not pass up Dr. Sullivan’s article without commenting. If you’re a game-changing finance executive or CFO, the article is well … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Recruiters | Tagged broncogators, career, CFO, executive recruiter, Finance Executive, Google, LeBron, recruit, recruiters, recruiting practices, senior-level executives, top-performer | Leave a comment

Growth Strategies … Business & Career

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Sometimes the whole “managing a career” process just seems confusing, baffling, and maybe even unnecessary to CFOs. Today, more than ever, it is definitely necessary, and it does not need to be confusing or baffling. Run your career like you … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Digital Footprint, Networking | Tagged career, career management, CFO Magazine, CFO.com, CFOs, Chief Financial Officers, finance skills, job search, Linked In, networking, niche marketing, reputation management, Seth Godin, value proposition, web 2.0 | 2 Comments

Inbound vs. Outbound for Marketing YOU

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Doug Haslam wrote a great blog post about inbound marketing, and he’s right, it has everything to do with your career. Here’s an excerpt … Inbound Marketers flip outbound marketing on its head. Instead of interrupting people with television ads, … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Current Affairs, Digital Footprint | Tagged career, career management, CFOs, CNN, Doug Haslam, finance executives, inbound marketing, job search, search strategy, senior executives, social media | Leave a comment

Is Your Career Like a Leaky Faucet?

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

One of my Twitter CFO friends, Scott McPherson, blogged about the leaky faucet concept in businesses. It just so happened that I read this on the same morning a plumber was heading my way to fix an annoying leak in … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers | Tagged career, career management, CFO, job search, Twitter | Leave a comment

Color Outside the Lines

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Listen here … I swear it was my elementary school teachers who unleashed the rebel in me. They were always telling me what I “couldn’t” do rather than fostering my inner passions. And coloring outside the lines is a great … Continue reading →

Posted in Branding, CFO Careers | Tagged brand, career, finance executives, personal branding, tiger woods, tim tebow | 4 Comments

Over-promoted and Over His Head

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

How would you like that headline to appear in the #1 slot in a Google search of your name? While this is a fictionalized story of a CFO turned CEO, could you find yourself the “victim” of digital dirt? And … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Digital Footprint | Tagged career, CEO, CFO, digital dirt, Google, job seekers, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, WSJ | Leave a comment

Failing to Plan … Planning to Fail?

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

A finance executive called me last week because he knew that his resume was not selling value, he struggled when answering questions about his atypical career track, and he had an important interview coming up in the next couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Interviewing | Tagged career, career management, Executive, finance, Finance Executive, interview, resume | Leave a comment

FBSoP is NOT a Good Career Strategy

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

A gentleman who requested my article, “5 Easy Ways to Beef Up Your Linked In Profile,” wrote to let me know that he appreciated the recommendations in the article. But … He also went on to say that although he … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Digital Footprint | Tagged career, career strategy, career survival plan, digital footprint, finance leader, high-value target, Linked In, value | 1 Comment