Selecting a Profession
Today, I was explaining to my six year old grandson that my 18 year old was about to leave for college. My grandson wasn't quite sure the purpose of college so trying to explain it simply I told him it...
View ArticleCindy Kraft
As America’s leading Career & Personal Brand Strategist for Corporate Finance Executives, I bring 16 years of experience helping clients understand their marketability, articulate their value, and...
View ArticleMark Richards
Since 2006, I have chaired a finance networking group and been through two searches myself. Having been involved in almost 700 networking meetings related to job search (as a candidate & meeting...
View ArticleWhither Corporate Finance
Corporate finance has a bad reputation at business schools. Let's work together to remedy that situation.read more
View ArticleMath Skills
I am wondering if others are experiencing probrems with potential candidates having poor algebra skills? In hiring for our accounting and underwriting skills it seems that people have a problem...
View ArticleFeeling Invisible At Work & Passed Over For Promotion Again
Okay, this may sound like whining and maybe it is, but really I’m just trying to describe the situation accurately to get the best advice. I’ve been with this employer for almost 4 years and have been...
View ArticleLabor Statistics say Unemployment is at a low not seen since 9/08
...or the manifesto of working in today’s environment You've heard the old story, there are lies, dam lies and then statistics, and 92.35% of them are made up just to support the theory being proposed....
View ArticleCFO Moves - Week Ending September 12, 2014
Hanger, Inc. (NYSE: HGR) announced that Thomas Kiraly, former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of Sheridan Healthcare, will join Hange read more
View ArticleCFO Moves - Week Ending September 19, 2014
AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced the appointment of Joseph A. Householder to its board of directors along with positions on the board’s Audit and Finance, and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees....
View ArticleCFO Moves - Week Ending September 26, 2014
Johnson Controls announced that R. read more
View ArticleDo we have to move up?
Reading the comments in the post about going from controller to CFO then CFO to CEO got me thinking. What point if any, do you decide you are where you want to be and have no desire to move up into CFO...
View ArticleCFO Moves - Week Ending October 3, 2014
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) announced that Zane Rowe has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. read more
View ArticleWhat are the Warning Signs that I am about to get Fired?
I am getting the sense that my company may be changing direction, and that I might not survive the transformation. I am not as involved in certain areas as I have been in the past, and I notice that I...
View Article
