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A Primer on Master Networking for Job Seekers
Being in the search business of finding great CFOs for my clients, one thing rings true each year: CFOs along with everyone else make New Year’s Resolutions – including finding a new role. The following is my primer, for not just CFOs, but anyone seeking new...
How to Hire: CFO Recruitment 101
If you haven’t noticed, the market for CFO talent has become very competitive this year, at least in the SF Bay Area. Certain segments such as SaaS are too hot to touch! The bottom line is that top tier talent is scarce. A number of CFOs I’ve talked to recently said...
How to Find a CFO: The Art of Improvisation in an Executive Search Process
Every executive search firm, including my own company Arnold Partners, promotes and emphasizes their executive search process. Having an orderly, standardized approach is the basis for a successful search. Without a well-conceived framework to start the search, the...
Big Data and How to Find a CFO
An interview with Laszlo Bock, Google’s Sr. VP of People Operations, recently appeared in The New York Times “Corner Office.” The purpose of the interview was to find out how Google is using Big Data in their hiring practices. There were a number of interesting points...
How to Hire a CFO? Seek Gravitas.
There are many qualities that my clients look for in a CFO. Obviously, significant experience and domain expertise in all things financial are high on the list. Some clients may focus on public company CFO experience or a specific industry may be more important at...
How to Interview a CFO Candidate
Most professionals (and many recruiters!) are never really trained in How to interview a CFO candidate. They learn from trial and error how to hire a CFO, or perhaps they learn anecdotally. Unless you find yourself in a huge corporation, there may not even be a...
Hiring a CFO: Secrets from a Chef
I recently had the pleasure of spending some time in Paris and took a class at the Alain Ducasse School of Cooking. Monsieur Ducasse has built an empire and amassed numerous Michelin stars at his restaurants around the world. One of his protégés actually taught the...
Successful CFO Placement for OCZ Technologies
Investors: Public, Stage: Public with significant challenges. OCZ (Nasdaq: OCZT) is going through major changes. After a CEO succession, a new CFO was also needed. This difficult assignment needed to be handled with tenacity and a deep tap into the local CFO network....
Auxogyn CFO Placement
Investors: Kleiner Perkins, TPG. Stage: Commercial launch This ground breaking imaging software company is revolutionizing the IVF market. With a marketing focused CEO, the BOD and CEO needed a strong number two to help support their rapid growth and expected IPO...