Kate P. – Controller To CFO – 20% Sal. Increase – 1/3 Drive Time – 2.5 Mo Search

Originally, Kate began working with Joe Monaco, one of our Senior Career Consultants, who developed a background profile of her work history and listened to her issues then helped her develop a strategy for her search. Kate decided that after all the time of not having had to seek employment in the past, and and the issues she faced that are mentioned below, she needed help and agreed with Joe that a new game plan was required. She became a client and it was then that she began working with her SC&C Campaign Director, Barbara Limmer, who tells her story.

“Kate came to us as a in mid-May, having been a Controller and wanting to move beyond accounting to either finance or consulting, but to stay in her area.  She faced three obstacles. First, she had been with the same company for the last 17 years and, second, she had experienced a difficult and somewhat sticky departure from her last company. Finally, she did not have a CPA, although she has an MBA.

We worked together to refine her “reason for leaving” interview answer, as well as improving her ability to sell herself without a CPA, both in writing and during interviews.  We also went over networking and job search strategies that ultimately led to this job “just landing in her lap” (her words–but we know this only happens due to her preparation and diligence).  This position not only gets her the CFO title, but also brings a 20% raise over what she was making at her previous job and the drive is  only 15 minutes from her house instead of 45! Thank you to all who contributed to her campaign–Michael Davis and Leslie Noyes as the document team, and Shanti Brown as her marketing specialist.  Thanks to you, we have (her words again)–“another satisfied client!”

Here it is in the client’s own words: “Hi Barbara, Just writing to thank you for all your coaching over the last few months.  I am 100% sure that I would not have landed this job if it wasn’t for everything that SCC did for me – coaching, resume, website, etc.  A really wonderful job has just landed in my lap. It’s a CFO position in a small company where the owner is preparing to step into retirement.  He has brought in the rest of the management team, & I was the last piece.  The salary negotiation tactics we worked on did the trick as did the supporting documentation that you sent. I ended up with a 20% raise over what I was making at my previous job & the drive is only 15 minutes from my house, instead of 45! Please keep in touch from time to time…and Thanks so much!!!