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.
As an active and visible Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), American Bankers Association and BSA Coalition board member, Dan Soto is enjoying a fulfilling career in compliance. As chief compliance officer of Ally Financial and at previous compliance professional jobs at other key...
The anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-financial crime professions have been growing at an amazing rate. The tragic events on 9/11, improved money laundering technologies, the Great Recession and increased regulatory scrutiny are just a few of the causes leading to implementation of more robust AML...
Self-help books have played a substantial role in both my personal and professional growth. I genuinely enjoy reading about positive mindsets, optimism and never-ending learning. My passion for the genre started when I read the quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “Live as if you were to...
Recruiters regularly have conversations with contacts and candidates about how timing affects their job prospects. The expression timing is everything is a cliché for a reason: it is true. However, we have learned from experience that the month of the year, current and imminent holidays,...
The Great Recession affected all of our careers in different ways. With the right perspective, just keeping one’s job between 2007 and 2010 was a blessing, in and of itself. However, millions of people lost their jobs unexpectedly and were thrown into a saturated...
Good stories usually have five key elements: a likable protagonist that selflessly rises to the occasion; a malevolent antagonist seeking to oppress others; an impactful event that sets the characters in motion; a conflict that creates seemingly insurmountable challenges; and a climactic resolution so...
From belt keepers to gatekeepers, the transition from the public to the private sector may seem like a natural fit. However, how does law enforcement experience measure up when compared to the fierce competition in the anti-money laundering (AML) industry? Are the knowledge, skills and...
Have you ever thought about your legacy? Have you ever consciously ruminated and decided on how you want people to think of you? I am not alluding to everyone’s subconscious desire to be liked; I am touching on something greater and more significant. Although we...
I started my career as an agency recruiter in July 2008. I thought everything was going fine until two months later when Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and the U.S. officially joined the Great Recession.1 Honestly, I did not know what a recession was, but I...
As a senior leader within my organization, I am always thinking about ways to keep my practice and business in growth mode. After the Great Recession, I made it my mission to make my team’s business model as recession-proof as possible. However, after a few...
