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The Most Connected Man on Earth is in the Forum

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I am so excited that Ron Bates will be joining us in the Forum on February 19 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern. And you might be, too when you find out who he is!

Ron is a Search Consultant with Executive Advantage Group’s Silicon Valley Office. With +35,000 direct contacts across multiple on-line professional networking platforms, Ron has been referred to as "the most connected man on Earth." You can view his detailed networking profiles on LinkedIn and Ecademy.

Many of you who were kind enough to participate in the research survey mentioned Linked In and networking as some of your challenges. For example, a few didn’t really understand the importance of being on Linked In or, they were on Linked In but didn’t really know how to use it or, want more networking connections and would like to understand how Linked In can help increase connectivity and visibility.

Well, from a career perspective, who better to ask than “the” most–connected person who just so happens to be an Executive Recruiter. Ron is not only knowledgeable about Linked In, he is knowledgeable about how recruiters use Linked In and he is a great person to add to your network.

If you are a member of the CFO–Career–Forum, log in and register today for our conversation on February 19 at 4:00 Eastern. If you are not a member of the CFO–Career–Forum but you are a senior-level finance executive and want to join the call … register here! If you are not available at 4:00 p.m. Eastern on February 19, the call will be recorded, but you must register in advance to receive the recording.

Additionally, we want Ron to answer YOUR questions about Linked In. Please email those to me at cindy@cfo-coach.com prior to the 19th (the earlier the better so we can get them in the queue) or IM them to me during the call at Coach Cindy.

5 Headhunter Secrets

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Are you aware that …

–85% of recruiters use online resources to uncover “information” about candidates

–35% of recruiters eliminate candidates based on what they find (Business Week June 2006)

— Blogs are becoming an executive accessory (Debbie Weil)

–6 degrees of separation is now 5 degrees (Columbia University)

–70% of recruiters said their opinion of candidates improves when the find evidence of community service, leadership, awards, and published articles. Opinions decrease when the find candidates own their own business, misstatements and inconsistencies, ethics issues, or are invisible

–76% of executives expect to be Googled; 8% said they found information they wished wasn’t available, 4% posted controversial (up 150% in last year)

–20% of executives have a web presence

If you would like to learn where recruiters are looking for top talent and how to be found by those recruiters, please join Recruiter Bill Vick in the CFO–Career–Forum on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.

To get the inside scoop, sign up TODAY!

If you are a member of the CFO–Career–Forum, log in and register today for our conversation on October 23 at 4:00 Eastern. If you are not a member of the CFO–Career–Forum but want to join the call … register here!

Fireproof Your Career

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Fireproof is a verb … to be eager to stay and prepared to go in volatile times. It is critical that you create your personal career security protection plan so turbulence in the corporate world doesn’t lay you low.

Join us on Tuesday, August 21 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern as Anne Baber, co–author of the just released Fireproof Your Career Toolkit, shares five strategies for executives to fireproof his or her career. You can jumpstart your participation in this guest expert call by listening to the audio previews at FireProofYourCareer.com.

If you are a member of the CFO–Career–Forum, log in and register. If you are not a member of the CFO–Career–Forum but want to join the call … Register here!

If you are not available Tuesday at 4:00 Eastern time, the call will be recorded and available on Wednesday, but only if you have registered for the telecall.

Sign up TODAY!