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An Executive Recruiter’s Advice for the College-bound – A Fall Update!
For those who read my blogs regularly, this is an update for seniors in high school and their parents with some thoughts on navigating the oh so painful decision of where to go to college. I hope you find it helpful. Let me preface this blog by acknowledging that I am...
Defining and Finding Exceptional CFOs
Taking stock in June 2024: For several years now, my tagline in marketing Arnold Partners to clients and candidates is “We help deliver Exceptional CFOs” for our technology clients. But what does this really mean? Are there empirical ways to define what exceptional...
Technology Industry Economic Cycles – a Long Personal View
When I first started in the recruiting industry back in the early 1990s, the tech sector was going through a minor recession along with the US Economy on the whole, with unemployment peaking at 7.8% in 1991. The firm I worked for at the time had a nationwide...
Get Up and GO!
From a young age, I always had a lot of “get up and go.” I was constantly on the move in work and in life; it was instilled in me by hardworking parents who were a true inspiration. My first real job at 12 years old was a paper route that required predawn wakeups...
“Mr. Irrelevant”: The Brock Purdy Hire
As we gear up for Super Bowl week, it strikes me that there is an obvious lesson staring us in the face about hiring for success in the Brock Purdy story. Brock was drafted by the 49ers as the VERY LAST pick of the draft in 2022. Not only the last pick of the 49ers,...
I Got the Inside Scoop on SaaS
Interview with Erick Mersch I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Mersch, a partner at FLG Partners. His firm is the leading boutique CFO consulting organization for technology companies, the market segment that is also my bailiwick. I have known Eric for...
CFO role greatly expanding; what’s the impact on hiring and retention?
There has been a sea change in the role of the CFO over the last few years. The CFO is a business partner to the entire C-suite and a co-leader of the company, leading enterprise-level change initiatives that touch on every aspect of the business. Think of systems...
The Tech CFO Employment Market For 2023
Anyone familiar with my work may note that I recently mused in my last blog in early October about trying to read the economic tea leaves. But as we flip the calendar once again, it is already time to reevaluate the Tech CFO marketplace for the coming year. As fast as...
Reading the Economic Tea Leaves and What It Means for Tech CEOs and CFOs
Reading the economic tea leaves and what it means for tech CEOs and CFOs “It’s the economy, stupid.” That’s the line we always hear about elections and what matters most to the voting public. But hey, to CFOs, who are anything but stupid, it’s the economy itself that...