For those who may not know my reputation, I have been in tax executive search profession for over three decades. My team and I have successfully placed more than one thousand tax professionals within multinational corporations around the world. This record of tax executive placements was accomplished with the support of a top-notch team focused on introducing management level tax executives to corporations. The focus of this post is to help tax executives find and connect with the tax role of their dreams. When I tell you how this happens for tax executives, I know what I am talking about after surpassing the 1000 executive placements level of accomplishment. Listen when I tell you the executive search experience has changed over the years. This article is about sharing with you how to actively pursue the tax role of your dreams.
The secret to success is to be proactive and have an expert that knows what they are doing to represent you and make certain they are doing the work for you. Tax executives are like athletes (they are highly motivated individuals with the primary goal of improving their performances) who have invested a lot of time and money to grow professionally. There are three ways one can approach their tax career…actively, reactively, or proactively. Let me explain the ways and you can decide for yourself which category you are in right now.
Actively: You are a tax executive quietly communicating with a few recruiters with no loyalty to any person. You just tell the recruiter to keep me informed if you hear about a HOT role. Likewise, the tax recruiter is not loyal to you as they have access to thousands of HOT tax executive candidates to introduce to clients.
Reactively: Something just changed in your company reporting relationship where a new boss replaces your former boss. Your new boss has decided to reorganize the tax function, and your role is now reporting to a Controller or CAO with little understanding of tax and how it is important to be part of business strategy while working closely with the CFO.
Proactively: You behave like an athlete and take a proactive approach to secure a corporate Head of Tax role by working with a dedicated agent working only for you. This involves loyalty from each party, and you have access to all the work being done on your behalf. Remember all great sports have Agents representing them and proactive tax athletes have one, too! Contact ki***@*****ch.com for information how this program works.
Another important of the tax executive process is the higher level of privacy you gain when you have your own private Agent representing you. When you are searching for a job online do you realize that employers can now buy your engagement and LinkedIn activity online. The price for having a LinkedIn profile is that you lose your privacy as LI sells your activity to employers. Are you comfortable having your activity online being sold to your employer? Protect yourself by working with a tax recruiter who will always be mindful of your privacy.
Have more questions? Contact ki***@******ch.com or text 858.232.4415 to communicate directly with Kitty Jennings via text messaging. www.etsearch.com
