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.
I used to cringe at the term “executive coach.” It conjured up images of retired corporate types, former athletes, academics and consultants who claim to help executives improve their performance in many areas. How could anyone without any financial crime compliance background truly understand me...
When police officers start their careers at academies, they are told they are different from day one. As they begin serving their communities, they realize the role makes them stand out and do work most people would not dream of doing. A career in law...
Monday through Friday is drastically different now for a large percentage of people both in the U.S. and around the world. More people are under some type of mandated quarantine today than there were people alive in 1940—2.6 billion.1 Most, if not all, of you...
Approximately 2 - 5% of the global GDP is laundered every year (about $800 billion to $2 trillion) . According to the Bank Secrecy Act, financial institutions (FIs) are required to establish anti-money laundering (AML) programs. In compliance, FIs are opening AML positions requiring...
There is an easy formula for figuring out how to make good on all of your resolutions to come: clarity + effort = success. What makes keeping resolutions so difficult is defining what you truly want (clarity) and doing all that is in your power...
If having the resume is what brings you to the door of opportunity, the next step is the breach. As law enforcement (LE) strive to make a successful entry into the private sector, knowing the “who” may secure the interview but one must be prepared...
Congratulations, you have found your new career after retiring from law enforcement (LE). Like so many of your brothers and sisters in blue, you have chosen to join the anti-financial crime industry. After years of pounding a beat, analyzing I3 charts, monitoring evidence or...
In order to dive into the importance of emotional intelligence, it is imperative to understand the concept first. Emotional intelligence really took off in the ‘90s when Daniel Goleman released his best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Conversations quickly arose...
Job descriptions are the unsung heroes in the world of employment. Job descriptions have the ultimate power to fulfill or disappoint both job seekers and hiring managers. The purpose of job descriptions is to sum up the life and career of an anti-money laundering...
Every day, when we log in to our work computers, walk through the front door of our offices or dial into a global conference call, we are each representing one of up to five different generations that make up today’s workforce. Generational diversity is...
