ARTICLES - Careers


	How Can You Achieve Your Goal of Becoming CFO? 05/14/13 - After moving through the ranks of a company and gathering valuable experience, many finance professionals wonder how they can successfully make the leap and become a CFO. Proformative members ask this question on a regular basis on the Ask & Share section of the... Read more...
	CFO Transitions: Job Changes, Week Ending May 10 05/14/13 - Microsoft On May 8, Microsoft Corp. announced Amy Hood, corporate vice president, has been promoted to CFO, effective immediately. Hood succeeds Peter Klein, who will stay on through the end of June to aid the transition. Hood joined Microsoft in 2002... Read more...
	8 Payroll Mistakes That Get Companies into Hot Water 05/09/13 - Ever since the Internal Revenue Service launched its Employment Tax Research Project in 2010, closing the employment tax gap has been a hot topic. But, it’s not just the IRS that will be banging down your door. Other agencies will be bringing the IRS in through... Read more...
	6 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills and Make a Better Impression 05/08/13 - In a recent survey by the American Management Association, executives slammed their subordinates for lacking communication skills. Just over 60 percent of the respondents told the AMA their employees are average or below average in this critical skill. Could those... Read more...
	CFO Transitions: Job Changes, Week Ending May 3 05/07/13 - Time Warner Cable On April 29, Time Warner Cable announced Arthur Minson, Jr. will take over as CFO and executive vice president. Minson is joining the company from AOL Inc., where he started in 2009 and has since occupied several senior management positions,... Read more...
	The Role of the CFO Transforms with the Cloud 05/02/13 - Professionals who spend the majority of their days working with numbers have not traditionally been thought of as leaders for influencing and providing significant insights on a company's strategies and business development. But thanks to innovations in technology... Read more...
	Recommended Reading: The Best Stories on Proformative from April 05/01/13 - One Year Later, Is the JOBS Act Smoothing the IPO Path? April marked the one-year anniversary of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, a piece of legislation that was passed unusually quickly by Congress in hopes of helping more young companies get the capital... Read more...
	CFO Transitions: Job Changes, Week Ending April 26 04/30/13 - The Hershey Company On April 24, candy giant Hershey announced several major changes to its leadership, including the promotion of David Tacka to the roles of CFO and senior vice president. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Tacka became... Read more...
	Seamless’s Finance Chief Takes on a Peer-to-Peer Strategy 04/29/13 - As vice president of finance at Seamless, which helps companies manage their corporate food expenses, Ted Pastva has a pulse on the habits of his peers. They have invested in Seamless services to gain better visibility into how much their entire company spends for... Read more...
	Are You Overlooking Email Security? 04/28/13 - Cybersecurity is a major issue for companies - especially in the financial department. With so much confidential information being collected and transferred internally and externally, IT and CIOs aren't the only ones who should see digital breaches and... Read more...
	CFO Transitions: Job Changes, Week Ending April 19 04/23/13 - Microsoft In a report of its third-quarter revenue and earnings released on April 18, tech giant Microsoft announced CFO Peter Klein will leave the company at the end of the fiscal year. Klein has occupied the role for 11 years and will help with... Read more...
	How to Enhance Employee Performance Reviews 04/16/13 - Measuring employee performance and providing feedback are essential tasks for those who are a part of a management team. If workers aren't aware that their employee performance analytics are less than stellar, they aren't likely to change their behavior... Read more...
	CFOs Torn Between the Need for Both Growth and Cost Cuts 04/11/13 - CFOs have certainly experienced a number of ups and downs in recent years, as the economy has struggled to recover and finance executives have been hesitant to engage in any risky behavior or make any moves that could deter investors or clients. It seems many are... Read more...
	Employees Feel Pressure in Their Current Roles 04/09/13 - The pressures in the workplace have never been higher, creating an environment where it isn't necessarily a cakewalk to succeed. With many employees on edge, it becomes easy for doubt to creep in and for staff to start believing they may lose their jobs... Read more...
	Do Strong Employees Have to Be Engaged? 04/04/13 - Employee engagement has been a concern for corporations for years, and management teams have scrambled to find a way to improve this to enhance operations. However, new research shows engaged employees may not be the key to corporate success, as was once believed... Read more...