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Hire by Auditions, Not Resumes

Harvard Business Review

To us, this arrangement makes sense — we work in open source software, which is a decentralized product. We pay a standard rate of $25 per hour, regardless of whether you’re applying to be an engineer or the chief financial officer. But in general, the majority of our employees work somewhere other than our home base.

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Build Your Team Like an Executive

Harvard Business Review

For example, Tim Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer for a large division of a multi-national corporation, aspires to become CFO of a Fortune 100 company in the future. He is active in a number of outside finance groups and similarly devotes time at their conferences to seek out and get to know finance talent outside the company.

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The Rise of the General Counsel

Harvard Business Review

Because "business in society" issues pose so much risk (and in some cases opportunity), the general counsel is viewed in many companies having the same stature as the Chief Financial Officer. In these, financial incentives are aligned (i.e.,

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A Simple Way to Map Out Your Career Ambitions

Harvard Business Review

If you want to be a chief financial officer (CFO), identify five CFOs who you admire or who are well regarded in your industry. Find the leaders on the industry “best” lists (best chief marketing officer, chief information officer, etc.), Identify experts inside and outside your company.

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