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Best of 2008: Careers
While it was a rocky year for everyone, especially investment bankers, new career opportunities abounded.
December 29, 2008
It was either a very bad or very good year for finance executives. The game of musical CFO chairs only spun faster, hordes of investment bankers hit the streets, and the high heat was fixed on everything from securitized assets to head count. But with credit elusive and companies in turmoil, aspiring finance chiefs with capital markets or operational backgrounds found themselves in a better position to move up. Adept risk managers and internal auditors, too, saw their stock rise, as companies scrambled to ward off potential (or actual) catastrophe. Here are the editors' choices for CFO.com's top careers stories of 2008: Read more...
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