Women are increasingly being hired for CFO roles this year, says an executive search firm president Using publicly available data, Cole says the firm has tracked more than 250 CFO appointments as of July 22 at Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, and other companies known to the general public, he says. The analysis includes company finance
Read MoreCowen Partners Quoted by Fortune Magazine on CFO hiring trends of women and people of color. Using publicly available data, Cole says the firm has tracked more than 250 CFO appointments as of July 22 at Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, and other companies known to the general public, he says. The analysis includes company finance
Read MoreMajor companies are hiring more female CFOs and female CFOs of color than ever before, according to new research. The CFO Movement Study from Cowen Partners Executive Search shows that so far this year, more than one-third of new CFO hires at Fortune 500 companies and other major companies were women – 19 percent of whom are women of color. Read
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Read MoreHiring is one of the most difficult things you will ever do as a business owner, but it’s also one of the most important. A bad hire can cost your business money, time, and resources that you don’t have. However, if you want to be successful at hiring highly-qualified people to take your business further,
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