The award-winning Career Guidance column features articles on networking, self-employment, advancement, interviews, resume tips and more.
Our regular contributor is award-winning Sanjeev Menon, senior practice area manager, Compliance and Legal at Korn Ferry. If you would like to contribute to this column or have any topics you would like to suggest, email editor@acams.org.
“Set peace of mind as your highest goal and organize your entire life around it.” Brian Tracy1 The term “Sunday Scaries,” sometimes referred to as the Sunday Blues, is believed to have been coined in or around 2009. There is some debate regarding who created...
Anti-financial crime (AFC) guru Sanjeev Menon, managing director of Madison Davis’s Legal and Compliance Practice Area, specializes in executive recruitment and provides staffing and workforce solutions to compliance and anti-financial crime (AFC) clients. Menon, who is an ASA Certified Staffing Professional and holds a Society...
The world of anti-money laundering (AML) provides for many careers at all levels across many industries, including banking, financial technology (fintech), gaming, lending, insurance and many others. Career levels could include entry-level analysts, experienced investigators, team leads, supervisors, managers and department heads. Because the field...
Many people have trouble understanding what employment recruiters are and what they do for a living. The irony is that what they do is actually simple—recruiters recruit. Some recruit nurses, while others recruit Java developers. Then there are those who recruit anti-money laundering (AML) and...
I thought I had finished writing articles about the effects of the pandemic on work and the employment market. I discussed working from home, returning to the office, the growth of fintech and the renaissance of digital banking and how the new normal would look....
In 2016, an article in ACAMS Today provided information and tips on crafting effective resumes. Fast-forward to 2020, when the rapid spread of the COVID-19 In 2016, an article in ACAMS Today1 provided information and tips on crafting effective resumes. Fast-forward to 2020, when the...
The financial services sector, especially in the financial technology (fintech) area, has experienced a wave of layoffs lately. This article will cover six career options that are red hot right now in terms of hiring activity. If you are in the job market and are...
Burnout is not new to the early post-pandemic era. It has been a common corporate buzzword since the first days of the cubicle. In 2020, burnout became widespread as remote work sparked a mental health awareness revolution. In 2020, the number of people working remotely...
Please look for the first and second chapters of “Musings From Quarantine” on ACAMSToday.org under our Career Guidance column. I have been recruiting in the anti-money laundering (AML), compliance and regulatory space for 13 years and have experienced two recessions during that time. The most...
Tracing the origins of the U.S. anti-money laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control regimes undoubtedly will lead back to Elmer Lincoln Irey. Irey is the father of financial crime investigations and the longest serving IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) chief (1919-1942). He saved the...
