Bloomberg Asks Cowen Partners About Remote Work
Ask a college senior, and “vice president of productivity and remote experience” probably isn’t on her list of dream jobs. Yet this fast-growing pandemic-era position has emerged as a previously unimaginable path to the C-suite—or at least to a virtual desk nearby. While it sounds like something an existing HR department would naturally handle, the
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CFO Dive asks Cowen Partners: “Could CFOs be included among mass layoffs?”
Shawn Cole, CFO Practice Leader is a regular contributor and thought leader on all things CFO. Could CFOs be included among mass layoffs? With the economy unlikely to improve soon, Shawn Cole, president of executive search firm Cowen Partners, explains whether CFOs should worry about being included in cost cuts. Not only is the finance
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Cowen Partners in Axios: Even Your Boss Wants to Quit
The Great Resignation is seeping into the corner office, with 70% of C-level executives telling Deloitte pollsters that they seriously might resign for a job that better supports their well-being. Between the lines: The Deloitte findings ring true to executive recruiters. “What we see is that people are resigning to try to find a better place, a better
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Protocol Quotes Shawn Cole, Partner at Cowen Partners
Head of? Director? VP? How to live with title inflation. The war for talent is still raging, and so is title inflation. Here’s how to deal with it. It’s not just the price of gas and groceries: In the tech industry, title inflation is out of control. In a talent market where every bargaining chip
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Cowen Partners Makes Top Executive Search Firms
Finding an experienced executive is more important than ever in these uncertain times. Each year, TopSearchFirms.com recognizes the best executive search firms in the United States — via a multiphase selection process that involves independent research and peer evaluation. The executive search firms that receive the highest-point totals during this selection process are recognized on
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The Financial Times Quotes Cowen Partners
Moderna CFO’s departure reignites debate over company’s culture Cowen Partners did not conduct Moderna’s CFO search The sudden departure of Gomez, just a month after he was announced as a new hire, marks the latest in a series of executive departures at Moderna — a company that has grown at breakneck speed during the pandemic
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Hunt Scanlon Names Cowen Partners to List Of Top Private Equity Executive Search Firms
Leading executive search firm, Cowen Partners, ranked as one of the 100 best executive search firms serving the private equity sector in the latest report by Hunt Scanlon Media The team at Cowen Partners, has added another feather to their well-decorated hat as the firm was named as one of the leading private equity executive
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Why This Year’s IPOs May Want To Go The Confidential Route
Why Confidential? The confidential IPO can trace its origins to April 5, 2012. On that day, President Barack Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act. The JOBS Act, which defined startups as emerging businesses with less than $1 billion in annual revenue, let these companies file their S-1 IPO paperwork confidentially.
Read MoreWhere Do You Fall on the CFO Spectrum?
You can have decades of financial management experience and get nowhere near a CFO office if you don’t bring the ability to modify your company’s growth strategy in the face of new competitors. There’s a CFO crisis today. Two-thirds of CEOs believe the CFO role will continue increasing in significance but a third think their CFO isn’t
Read MoreCowen Partners Named Top CFO Search Firm in 2022
For the 5th year in a row, TopSearchFirms.com has named the “Top CFO Search Firms” in the nation. Ranked executive search firms specialize in Chief Financial Officer executive searches. Finding experienced CFO’s is more important than ever. According to Hunt Scanlon Media, “Private Equity experienced Chief financial officers continue to be in high demand. Finding them is
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