Career Advice, Career Coaching, Changing the Conversation, Industry Insights
Rachel Fagnant-Fassler
It's no longer optional. All leaders need to be ...

We met Mitch Roling through our extended recruiting engagement with eMarketer and saw the significant contributions Mitch made to that fast-scaling organization through his data fluency. Mitch gained skills and experience that he was ultimately able to build into his own consultancy, My Dataist (hyperlink). Today he’s advising a host of clients around their data needs— and, of course, he’s our trusted go-to for anything data-related. With the power of data and analytics top of mind, we thought it timely to have Mitch weigh in on the topic.

Career Advice, Career Coaching
Rachel Fagnant-Fassler
How Can You Encourage Your Employees to See ...

As recruiters and career coaches, we’ve found that the most common reason individuals decide to leave an organization is lack of career growth potential. That’s particularly troubling in light of the fact that a significant percentage of these individuals were employees that the organization had hoped to retain– a loss magnified by the high cost of employee turnover. What contributes to this missed opportunity?

Career Advice, Career Coaching
Rachel Fagnant-Fassler
Three questions that can clarify your career ...

In 2023, our seemingly ever-changing economy has kicked off yet another year of career shifts, some self-catalyzed and some out of necessity. We are hearing from individuals at all levels of professional life questioning career direction--for some, looking to build future success and impact in a vastly changed economy, and, for others, fundamentally questioning the purpose of their daily professional lives and the mission of the companies they serve (or run). Every year offers the opportunity to pause and reflect, and this year, it seems, career planning is more essential than ever.

Rachel Fagnant-Fassler
In Memory of David King

This week at CFW Careers, we lost a trailblazer, a mentor, and a devoted husband. David King started our firm in 1973 as a career school for women—a training ground that gave them the tools needed to get into business-to-business sales, make more money than women typically earned, and step into leadership roles that had been reserved for men in generations before.

Career Advice, Career Coaching, Changing the Conversation, Industry Insights
Rachel Fagnant-Fassler
5 Key Learnings for Rising Leaders: CFW ...

Kim launched her career in advertising and grew to leadership in the adtech space. She’s led sales efforts in early stage startups, more established companies, and global organizations breaking into new markets. Kim is now the Global Head of Sales at K3, a retail tech software company. We asked Kim if she could share some of the key lessons she’s learned throughout her career, specifically for rising leaders and women in tech. As usual, she was insightful, passionate, and oh-so-wise in her answers.

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Craft Beer and Conversation: Navigating Your Sales Career with John DiLeo

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How to navigate your sales career in today’s ever-changing media landscape? We recently took on the topic in an evening of craft beer and conversation with sales leader, John DiLeo, VP of Sales and Marketing at DNAinfo.

A Night of Wine and Conversation: Spotlight on Digital Trends

Last month we hosted our first industry-specific wine tasting, in an effort to facilitate discussion around industry trends important to our candidates and clients. Surrounded by an intimate group of individuals with various levels of experience in the industry, our guest Brendan Spain, US Commercial Director at the Financial Times, shared some insight on the ever-changing digital media landscape, what it’s like to work at The FT, and most importantly, his preferred East Coast skiing destination (Killington, VT).