News and Upcoming Events

CFA San Francisco Career Event - April 27th, 2012

Effective Leadership and Managing Your Career for Today and the Future: A Career Development Event for Mid and Senior Level CFASF Members

The focus of this event is on strengthening your leadership skills to meet the needs of today's financial markets through soft skills development. This event also focuses on career development and learning how to manage your career to meet your future goals. Our top experts in the fields of executive consulting and investment management along with fellow colleagues will share their expertise on the skills necessary to be a successful leader in your organization and in your career.

LinkedIn – Unlocking its true potential – May 16th, 2012 at 5:30pm

Jennifer Rose, President of Art With Impact discusses why it's so important to use social networking tool LinkedIn to further your career goals. She'll cover:

• How to set up a profile
• What your profile does & doesn't say about you
• What makes for a good profile
• Connections and Recommendations
• Additional Tips and Tricks

The SFIMA is co-hosting this event with the ASWA in the Protiviti Offices, at 50 California St, 17th floor, San Francisco, CA 94111. Members: $20. Non-members: $25, Includes dinner; 1 CPE credit.

Google Group started for CMA Candidates

It's been frustrating that we haven't yet managed to restart our CMA Study group, as we are still waiting for updated video CMA study materials to become available. In the mean-time, we've begun a Google Group open to all SFIMA members who are currently studying for any of the CMA exams. Our thought was that in lieu of a self-study group, at least we could provide a forum for studiers to review material and ask questions. Email info@sfima.org if you'd like to join our Google Group, or in you would like more information.

www.ExcelInAccounting.com now on Meetup.com

We've retired our old website, and have chosen to move our hub for the Excel in Accounting program to Meetup.com. It's accessible at our old url: www.excelinaccounting.com, or at: meetup.com. We felt a meetup.com site would be a better way for group participants to find out about upcoming excel training sessions and keep in touch with other group members. Please check in out to see upcoming events!

LinkedIn Group for SFIMA

Join our SFIMA group on LinkedIn.com, a web site where professionals network with each other, find jobs, discuss topics of interest, and leverage each other's connections. All SFIMA members are welcome to join. This group is a perfect place to post or find accounting and finance jobs in San Francisco. We hope it will also foster discussions about SFIMA activities and become a forum where our members can connect.