Career Services Article Archive

• May 2008 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Bottom Line: Total Return, or How Professional Connections Add Up Over Time
• Letter from the President: Investment of Retirement Plans, an Executive Issue
• Discussion Lists: The Power of Posting
• Profile: Career Path to Identity Risk
• How to Promote Your AFP Affiliation on Your LinkedIn Profile
• Three out of Four Executives Comfortable Job Searching While Employed
• CFO Coach: Four Tips for Avoiding Personal Brand Suicide
• April 2008 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Balancing Act: Creating Your Culture of Accountability
• Job Flexibility: Embrace Change or Shatter Your Career
• Get Linked: Networking Tool Most Effective When Not on Job Hunt
• Spring 2008 Training Essentials Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• March 2008 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• AFP Seeks Board of Directors Candidates
• Dare to Prepare: Author Details How Preparation Leads to Success
• Bottom Line: Communication Necessary Even When You are at the Top of Your Game
• Many Financial Organizations Among Top Entry Level Employers 2008
• Hiring Finance and Treasury Today: What Are the Prevailing Trends?
• February 2008 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• CFO Coach: Five Things Candidates Should Know About Recruiters
• Retailer Bounces Back: Q & A With Treasurer of The Children's Place
• AFP Training Essentials Newsletter Shows Many Paths to Knowledge
• First Quarter Financial Hiring Keeps Pace
• Bottom Line: Look Behind You for a Hidden Risk of Not Going Green
• CFOs Seek Soft Skills When Hiring: Number Crunching Alone Insufficient
• CFO Coach: Five Candidate Killing Strategies
• Compliance Salaries Continue to Rise for Financial Professionals
• January 2008 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Taking Charge: How to Position Yourself for a Promotion
• How Education in Science, Tech, Engineering, Math Impacts Corporations, Society
• Survey Shows Risk Careers Have Growth Potential
• 2008 Job Outlook: Recruiter Sees Credit Crisis Fueling Opportunities
• Hiring Trends: Speed Interviewing
• Survey Asks CFOs What About 'Me Time'?
• Career Coach: Are You Leaving $$$ on the Table?
• December 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Interview: In Today's Market, a Good Treasurer Should Think Like a CFO
• Job Security: Unemployment Risk Management
• CFO Coach: What Kind of Car Are You?
• Global Talent Crunch for Accounting and Finance Professionals
• Chairman's Speech: The Time to Demonstrate Leadership is Now
• Job Seekers Continue to Shift Towards the Internet, The Conference Board Reports
• November 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Global Talent Crunch for Accounting and Finance Professionals
• The Transition from Public to Private CFO
• Tales from the Circular File: How Not to Get a Job Interview
• Letter from the President & CEO: Higher Learning, Higher Earning
• He Who Speaks First or Too Much Loses
• Behavioral Interviews-3 Steps to Great Answers
• Get Quoted: Learn How to Speak Like the News
• Increased financial hiring expected in fourth quarter
• Crisis Communication for Today's CFO: Just the Facts
• How can the employer get a good ROI?
• CTP Top Scorer: Willis G. Lumpkin
• October 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Recruiter Sees Chinese CFO Shortage
• Book Review: For Women, Mystique Becomes Mistake
• Finance Compensation Up in Slow Market
• Career Analysis: Having Trouble Retaining Talented Employees?
• Career Trends: Finance Managers are Working More
• September 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Career Coach: Everybody Lies
• Take 5: Key Interview Questions
• Why People Leave Managers, Not Organizations
• Executive Succession Plans Lacking
• Job Searches, Hiring Process Can Be a Train Wreck
• August 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• AFP Finds Compensation For Financial Professionals Continues to Grow
• Profile: Director of Retirement Plans and Treasury Services for Marshfield Clinic
• Winning with E-mail: What a Civil War General Can Teach Us About Messaging
• Letter from the President & CEO: Accounting vs. Accountability
• Overcoming Networking Challenges
• July 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Early Advantage... For Some
• Five Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Job Search
• CFO Turnover Slows According to Study
• TreaSolution Survey Says Treasury Jobs Will Surge
• How to Create a Branded Presence, Never Look For a Job Again!
• June 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• A Lasting Imprint: After 16 years, Kevin Keller, COO, Leaves AFP
• The Bottom Line: Separated by a Common Language
• AFP Podcast Talks to Carol Frohlinger About Leadership Challenges for Women
• AFP's Common Vision
• CFO Coach: Never Look for a Job Again!
• Doing More with Less: Strategies for a Lean Treasury Dept
• May 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Association for Financial Professionals Acquires gtnews
• AFP EconWatch - April 25, 2007 | Join The Distribution List
• M&A Resume: Tips That Make a Difference with the New Regime
• April 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• AFP Congratulates New CTP Recipients
• Profile: Jared A. Poff, Treasurer, Big Lots Stores Inc.
• Payments in Hollywood
• The Shrinking World of Payments
• March 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Recertification: Keeping Pace with Progress
• Highest Ranks: CFO and Treasurer Appointments
• February 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Regional Notebook: Milwaukee Man Microbrews His Own Financial Success
• Wait 'Til You Get Your Hanes on This! Profile of Hanesbrands' Treasurer
• Hiring Outlook 2007 Rosy for Accounting, Finance Workforce
• Telling the Story: How One Treasurer Builds Relationships with Analysts
• Modest Growth Ahead: New Hires, Access to Credit Seen
• Art or Science? Ideas from AFP Members on the Right Size for Treasury
• Five Questions a CFO Should Be Asking HR
• Most Robust Accounting and Finance Job Market in More Than a Decade
• Bean Counters to Strategic Leaders: Five CFO Trends to Watch
• AFP Offers New Way to Subscribe to Newsletters
• AFP Honors Senior Level Certified Treasury Professionals
• January 2007 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• The AFP Studio Featured Interview: Loren Starr, CTP
• 10 Steps to Help a CFO to Ease through M&A
• Fewer Accounting, Finance Workers May Look for New Jobs in 2007
• Financial Professionals Optimistic on Economic and Employment Growth in 2007
• Offshoring Back-Office Could Yield $58 Bln Annual Savings for Fortune 500
• Life Lessons for Busy People: Seven Essential Ingredients for Restoring your Sanity
• Where Does the Day Go? Time Management a Growing Challenge for Executives
• Two Treasurers Become CFOs at Smaller Companies
• December Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• AFP Podcast: Compelling Audio Content
• Interview With Reggie Vegliante, Treasurer, Time Warner Telecom Inc.
• Kudos and Promotions: Recent Treasurer and CFO Appointments
• Meeting the Challenge of Change: An Interview With Loren Starr
• Clear Channel Dominates Radio and Outdoor Advertising
• AFP Opens Call For Proposals For 2007 AFP Annual Conference
• Regional Notebook: ACH Updates Are Key Topics
• Applicants Flood Job Posts in China
• October 2006 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• The Devil Wore Wingtips: Strategies for Managing a Difficult Boss
• Letter From The President: CTP: A Sure Bet
• Branson Challenges Financial Professionals to Have "Planetary Point of View"
• AFP Podcast Puts China Under the Magnifying Glass
• New Treasurer and CFO Appointments
• AFP Launches "AFP Podcast," A Complimentary Audio Content Offering
• September 2006 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• The Bottom Line: Treasurer Says 'One Day You Will Know Less'
• Salaries for Financial Professionals Increase Again
• Looking Ahead, Corporates Describe the Financial Professional of 2015
• Interview: Dan Thomas, CFO, Port of Seattle
• New Roles for CFOs: Survey Shows Communication with a Larger Audience
• The Role of Ethics and Ethics Officers in Today's Corporate Culture
• Mutual Risk: An Interview With Vanguard Group's CFO
• The New CFO: Fighting Bureaucracy for a Better Company
• The Bottom Line: Ducks in a Row, the Real Meaning of Subcertification
• Soft Skills in Finance: The Perils of Positive Thinking
• AFP and Wachovia Announce 2006 Pinnacle Award Winners
• U.S. Economy: Accounting, Finance Workers More Optimistic than Peers
• AFP Survey: How Has Globalism Impacted Your Career?
• The Treasury Job Search: Skills, Tools and Tactics
• From Great Interviews to Great Hires: How to Better Select the Right Finance Worker
• July 2006 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• ChinaForum Launches to Bring Practical Advice to Financial Professionals Doing Business in China
• Compensation Trends: Risk Professionals Have Leading Rewards
• Why Communications Skills Are Important, a Treasury Perspective
• Survey: CFOs Say Quality of Life Most Influences Relocation Plans
• CFO Corner: 18 years of Perseverance and Growth for Southwest Airlines CFO
• June 2006 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Four Essential Skills for Effective Risk Managers
• The Bottom Line: Caution to the Wind —The Risk of Lost Opportunity
• Letter from the CEO: Worldwide Risk and the Super-Empowered Individual
• The Art of Chinese Business Etiquette: Ancient Traditions form the Basis of Strategy
• Rapid Development: A Look at Treasury and Finance Trends in China
• Profile: Zelma Echols, CTP, Treasury Manager, Allstate Insurance Co.
• Ambassador Presence: The Way You Look and Act Counts in Finance
• Letter from the President & CEO: Retailers Moving Into Blue Waters
• Editor's Note: A Heated 'Exchange'
• Art of Chinese Business Etiquette: What Financial Professionals Should Know
• A Financial Professional's Guide to Thriving in a World of Change
• Letter from the CEO: Leaders Anyplace in the World
• AFP Exchange Quiz Now Online
• Interview: Jim Gilligan, Office of the Treasurer, Great Plains Energy
• Kudos and Promotions: CFO, Treasurer and Other Finance Appointments
• Five Ways to Make the Most of Finance Training and Development
• What Aspiring Financial Professionals Should Know, from Hyperion's CFO
• Division of Power: How Two Financial Professionals Share a Job at Booz Allen
• AFP Highlights Changing Role of Treasury Professional
• When Your Finance Manager Doesn't Manage
• Finance Workers Less Likely to Look for New Jobs Than Others
• Fourteen Core Competencies for a Successful Finance Career
• Organizational Development: Staffing the New Treasury Department in 2006
• February 2006 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• CFO Corner: How a Strategic Plan Reinvigorated One Association
• Career Coach: Tips for Returning to the Financial Job Market
• Kudos and Promotions: Recent Treasurer and CFO Appointments
• Executive Education: CEOs, CFOs Send Key Staff for Higher Training
• January 2006 Futures in Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• The AFP Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) celebrates its 20th anniversary
• Job Opportunities Lure U.S. Financial Professionals to Europe, Asia
• 1st Quarter Financial Hiring Freeze Expected
• Survey Reveals SOX Costs Will Decline
• In China, Background Checks Prove Difficult for Financial Hires
• Corporate Finance Pros Predict Continued Economic Growth | Full Survey Results
• Students Rank Accounting Firms Among Most Desirable Places to Work
• Accounting Professionals Demand Exceeds Supply
• High Level of Funding Contributions to U. S. Pension Plans Continues
• Cash: Moving It, Managing It, Bringing It Home, Paying Your People to Do It Right
• December 2005 AFP Futures In Finance Newsletter | Join the Distribution List
• Centralizing Global Cash Management, A Long Strange Trip
• Three Skills Finance Leaders Need To Cultivate Strategic Staff
• Forecast Incentives: Paying Your People For Good Cash Management
• Management Viewpoint: Personal Friendships Create Challenges for Finance Teams
• Boomers to Leave Legacy of Finance Jobs in Federal Government
• CFOs Rate Job Applicants by their Mistakes
• In Finance Careers, There Are Many Roads to Success
• How to Position Yourself as a Leader After a Financial Conference
• Employment Trends: Growth in Banking Jobs, Salaries
• November 2005 Edition of Futures in Finance | Join the Distribution List
• Six Sites For Finance Careers, Reviewed By AFP
• Smedal Welcomes AFP Members
• Forensic Accountants Are In Greater Demand Than Ever
• October 2005 Edition of Futures in Finance | Join the Distribution List
• Finance Salary Trends: A Good Year For CFOs
• Baseball’s Finance Pros Reach To Hit The Curve
• Building a Championship Crew At Canada’s Largest Telecom
• Book Review: Pitch Like a Girl
• Book Review: How To Make A Successful Business Pitch Whatever Your Style
• AFP Prepares To Celebrate 20 Years Of Certification
• Guest Column: Treasurers Usually Promoted, Not Hired
• Letter From The President: Good Sportsmanship In Business
• Team Players: Results of AFP's Women in Finance Survey
• New CFO and Treasurer Appointments
• Team Players: Results Of AFP’s Women In Finance Survey
• Tales From The Circular File: How Not To Get An Interview
• Women, Networking and Golf
• August 2005 Edition of Futures in Finance | Join the Distribution List
• Scanning The Professional Barcode: How To Increase Your Value
• Play Book: Why Focused Execution Works At RIM
• Viewpoint: How One Nice Girl Got the Corner Office
• Importance of Education, Certification in Finance
• Career Viewpoint: How One “Nice Girl” Got the Corner Office
• AFP Announces Recipients of Prestigious Treasury and Finance Award | Photo Gallery
• Demand for CPAs Continues to Grow
• August Edition Of Futures in Finance, A Career Newsletter From AFP
• AFP 300 Profile: Sokalsky Keeps Cash Costs Low At Barrick Gold
• AFP 300 Profile: Simonse Finds Perfect Blend With Corporate Mergers
• AFP 300 Profile: Suzanne M. Schultz, CFO, Easter Seals
• China Viewpoint: Is The U.S. Losing Its Competitive Edge?
• AFP 300 Profile: Frank V. Kimick and Movado's Luxury Trends
• AFP 300 Profile: Horton Tilling For A Turnaround
• AFP 300 Profile: Debera Fan's Hole-In-One Finance Strategies
• AFP 300 Profile: Jeff Cappelletti, International Integrator
• AFP Honors Top Finance Professionals In The 'AFP 300'
• Prove Your Worth: Metrics, Political Savvy Help Treasurers Fight For Rights
• Avoiding The Flip-Flop Flap In Finance
• Executive Boot Camp: How I Survived And Lived To Tell
• International Outsourcing: Will Finance Workers Be Next?
• CTP Profile: Robert K. Chan, CTP
• AFP Launches Upgraded Article Database
• CFOs Report Lukewarm Financial Hiring Outlook
• Executive Boot Camp: How I Survived and Lived to Tell
• Participate In AFP Survey On Role Of Women In Finance
• Chief Financial Officers Floated Into 2005 On A Cash Cushion, According To AFP Salary Survey
• AFP and Department of Veterans Affairs Join Forces
• Accountants: Start Small To Launch A Big Career
• Know Your Worth: Negotiation Tips For Finance Job Seekers
• Futures In Finance: CFOs Weigh Cost-Benefit Of 360 Reviews
• June 2005 Edition Of AFP's Career Newsletter, Futures In Finance, Now Available
• MBAs Receive Big Boost In Starting Salaries
• Financial Services Employers To Face Worker Shortage
• Moving Sideways: How To Make A Successful Transition Within Your Own Company
• AFP Futures In Finance, May 2005 Edition, Now Available
• AFP and Wachovia Seek Entries for 2005 Pinnacle Award
• Over Six-Hundred Applicants Earn CTP Designation
• The Sarbanes-Oxley Effect: Is Turnover Due To Compliance Requirements?
• Virtual Education On The Rise In Finance -- Here's Why
• April Sarbanes-Oxley News Brief Update
• Where The Jobs Are: Risk Management Employment Trends
• Profile: Taking The Reins at Lowe’s
• Best of Both Worlds: Smedal Finds Seams Between Treasury/Accounting
• Bail Out: Why Sarbanes-Oxley Has CFOs Jumping Ship
• April 2005 Futures In Finance Career Newsletter
• LBOs: Back to the Future
• Seeking Sharp Minds, Clenched Jaws: Finance Careers Now Luring Lawyers
• The Four Traits Of An Exceptional Risk Manager
• Seeking Sharp Minds, Clenched Jaws: Finance Careers Now Luring Lawyers
• American Finance Executives Look Toward India For New Job Opportunities
• Deciding On A Career in Corporate Treasury, Part II
• Graduate Corner: Deciding on a Career in Corporate Treasury, Part I
• Tips for Implementing Best Practices In Treasury Management
• Cruising For Capital: Interview With Carnival Corp.'s New Treasurer
• AFP Chairman Espouses CTP Family Ties
• How To 'Close The Deal' On A Finance Job
• Demand Drives Pay Surge for Capital Markets Risk Professionals
• Jumping the Fence From Banking to Finance (And Vice Versa)
• US Corporate Finance Professionals Optimistic About 2005 Economy
• CEOs Say Good Governance, Risk Management And Compliance Equal Direct Returns
• AFP Update, Spring 2005
• Checklist: Best Practices in Treasury Management
• How To Handle Tough Treasury Interview Questions
• Growing Number Of Women Enter Ranks Of Corporate Directors In UK
• Stock Accounting Rules Force More Companies to Drop Options Packages
• Finding the Perfect Fit in a Finance Job
• Finance Cover Letters That Get You Noticed
• Resume Knockouts: How to Make Sure Your Resume is a Winner
• Finance Workers Comply, But Most U.S. Workers Are Unaware Of Sarbanes-Oxley Implications
• CTP Success Story: Barry Cohen
• The Power of Telling Stories in Finance
• CFOs Expect Raises to Stay the Same in 2005
• Corporate Finance Interview Questions
• Nine of Ten CFOs Say SOX Compliance Not Worth the Effort, Says Study
• Corporate Directors Shift Focus To Growth Strategies, Leaving Compliance Concerns Behind
• Business Growth Drives Need For New Hires In Finance Sector
• Treasurers Move Into The Spotlight As CFOs Rise To Number Two Slot At Publicly Traded Companies
• AFP Survey Finds that Finance Salaries Are on the Rise
• CFO Turnover Rates Remain Steady, Despite Corporate Scandals
• Finance Employment on the Rise
• AFP Recognizes Promotions for Professional Movers and Shakers
• Networking: The Most Effective Financial Career Tool
• AFP Publishes 'AFP 300' List of High-Ranking Professionals
• Finance Professionals Receive Profitable Pay Packages in 2004