Hiring a CFO? Here’s How to Know What Kind of Leader You Really Need
Hiring a CFO is not one-size-fits-all search. A startup racing toward product-market fit has very different financial needs than a mature company managing quarterly earnings, regulatory compliance, and investor expectations. Hiring the wrong fit at the wrong stage can lead to frustration, inefficiencies, and costly missteps. So, what kind of leader do you really need?
10 Mistakes To Avoid When Crafting Job Descriptions
A job description is more than a list of duties; it’s your company’s first handshake with potential talent. Done well, it can captivate the right candidates. Done poorly, it might scare them off or attract the wrong crowd. Unfortunately, many organizations unknowingly undermine their hiring efforts by making avoidable mistakes in job descriptions.
Let’s explore some of the most common pitfalls and how you can sidestep them to craft compelling, effective job posts.
Company Culture: What Is It? And How Do You Measure It?
Company culture. What is it? And how do you measure it? As a recruitment firm with over a decade of expertise helping fast-growing companies find top finance, operations and HR talent, we’ve invested a great deal of time into researching this topic and developing technology that helps companies communicate their values and measure the proponents that make up company culture.
The Ultimate Summer Reading List: 12 Leadership Books to Help You Level Up
To help you make the most of your downtime, we’ve compiled a compelling list of leadership books that promise to inspire, challenge, and equip you with valuable career insights.
Finance Consultants: 5 Signs You Need One Now
We often see companies aiming to hire a consultant for a number of reasons throughout their growth journey, because each stage of growth comes with its own challenges. If you’re experiencing any of the 5 situations outlined in this article, it could be a sign that a finance consultant is what you need.
Reducing Bias in the Hiring Process – Clarity’s Commitment
Removing bias helps clients make better decisions and build stronger, more diverse teams. This benefits everybody. That’s why we’re committed to fighting bias and removing barriers that negatively impact equity-seeking communities.
Interviewing Candidates: Some Dos and Don’ts
Job interviews can be stressful and challenging – as much for the people asking the questions as for the candidates answering them. But they don’t have to be. Here are some tips for conducting more effective interviews.
Recently, I was chatting with a friend about our very first job interviews.
Why Hiring the Wrong Candidate Can Feel So ‘Right’
We’ve partnered with BEworks to discuss Disbiased hiring and other topics concerning diversity and inclusion in the form of a webinar.
Finance Hiring Tips: Internal versus External
There is a vacancy on your team, or soon to be. Colleagues assure you that an internal hiring process could be successful, but you’re not sure. Do you handle the process in-house, or do you bring in a recruiting agency? Here are the internal and external finance hiring tips you need.
Need Help Hiring? How to Identify a Good Recruiter
It’s crunch time. Your team is down a person and you need to hire quickly.
You decide to add a good recruiter into the mix, but aren’t sure how to identify right one.
Since time and money are of the essence it pays to know if a recruiter
Interviewing an Assistant Controller? Cover These Three Areas
Your assistant controller needs to have strong strategic thinking skills, an eye for detail and natural leadership abilities.
As someone who typically overseas the day-to-day operations of the accounting department, the wrong assistant controller can derail a top performing team.
To help make sure that you are bringing the right
Infographic: The Ugly Truth of Hiring (And What You Can Do About It)
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