Tag Archives: web 2.0

The Executive Job Search Challenge

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

I was honored to join two of my fellow Career Thought Leaders, Wendy Enelow and Jan Melnik, on a blog radio show hosted by Deborah Shane last week. My area of specialty … reputation management. Of the many interesting questions Deborah … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Digital Footprint, Networking, Recruiters | Tagged CFO, executive job seeker, executives, Finance Executive, Jan Melnik, networking, recruiters, reputation management, severance package, social networking, unemployed, value proposition, web 2.0, Wendy Enelow | 5 Comments

Google, HR, and Getting Hired

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Earlier this week I tweeted this statistic from an article on ERE.net … “According to a study conducted by Microsoft earlier this year, 70% of surveyed HR professionals in U.S. (41% in the UK) have rejected a candidate based on … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Digital Footprint | Tagged accountant, Chief Financial Officers, ERE, ERE.net, Finance Executive, Google, HR, Microsoft, reputation management, web 2.0 | 1 Comment

What Are You Contributing to the Conversation?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Nothing? Noise? Value? There’s a global conversation happening and you can either choose to be a part of it or refuse to engage. If the choice is to not participate, you do so at your own peril … because the … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Digital Footprint | Tagged branding, Executive, FEI, Finance Executive, high-value candidate, high-value target, Linked In, networking, recruiter, social media, subject matter expert, web 2.0 | 3 Comments

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

Lies, Resumes, & Linked In

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

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 →

Posted in CFO Careers, Digital Footprint, Resumes | Tagged CFOs, Fistful of Talent, Jessica Lee, Linked In, recruiting, recruiting strategy, Reid Hoffman, resumes, Social Recruiting Summit, web 2.0 | Leave a comment

The Sequel … Are CFOs Missing the Social Networking Boat?

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

If you identified with yesterday’s post and recognize that you are a CFO who is missing the social media boat, here are a few thoughts for your consideration. There’s an interesting article on Digiday entitled “Forever Jung: What Makes Social … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Current Affairs | Tagged CFO, corporate social responsibility, Digg, Digiday, Facebook, finance leadership, Internet, Redditt, senior-level finance executive, social media, social media jobs, Twitter, web 2.0 | 2 Comments

Win Visibility and Positioning in 2010

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

One of my readers asked for some tips on winning visibility and positioning in anticipation of a recovering 2010. Josie, this post was written with you in mind. If you read my post from last week, The Competition is Heating … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Coaching Tips, Digital Footprint | Tagged 2010, Ask-a-Coach, CFOs, Facebook, Google, Linked In, Netshare, networking, online networking, online reputation, online visibility, posted positions, recruiters, Senior Finance Executives, subject matter expert, Twitter, web 2.0 | Leave a comment

Passive Candidates vs. Unemployed Candidates

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

An op ed piece on ERE.net by Jeremy Eskenazi entitled “Where the Truth Lies: The Need for Balance Between Active and Passive Recruiting” … naturally … caught my attention. I say “naturally” because I am always interested in the hiring … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Current Affairs, Digital Footprint, Recent Statistics | Tagged CEO, ERE.net, Jason Alba, Jeremy Eskenazi, JibberJobber, passive candidate, recruiter, senior finance executive, unemployed, web 2.0, Where the Truth Lies: The Need for Balance Between Active and Passive Recruiting | Leave a comment

CFO Asked to Resign

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

So says the headline. Which begs the question, “does this CFO have a potential branding and/or credibility challenge”? If you Google his name, the only post that is conclusively “this” CFO is the one that leads with the headline: “Broward’s CFO … Continue reading →

Posted in CFO Careers, Current Affairs, Digital Footprint | Tagged branding, career management, CFO, CFOs, Google, senior finance executive, web 2.0 | 2 Comments

C-Tweeting for CFOs

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

I love the micro-blogging platform of Twitter. While my CFOs have been slow to adopt this technology, those of you who do will be seen as much more cutting-edge. Whether your tweets are external with other thought leaders, customers or … Continue reading →

Posted in Branding, CFO Careers, Current Affairs | Tagged CEO, CFOs, keynote presentation, Prophix, tweets, Twitter, web 2.0 | Leave a comment