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Click to access Economy_at_a_Glance.pdf
See Attachment: Economy_at_a_Glance
Downtown/Galleria
North/Northwest Houston
West/Southwest Houston
Southeast Houston
Phoenix, AZ
San Antonio:
Diane Delgado LeMaire | Senior Managing Director, Executive Search & Branch Manager | Creative Financial Staffing (CFS) dlemaire@cfstaffing.com | www.cfstaffing.com | LinkedIn
Diane Delgado LeMaire | Senior Managing Director, Executive Search & Branch Manager | Creative Financial Staffing (CFS)
5718 Westheimer Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77057
T: 713.490.6003 | dlemaire@cfstaffing.com | www.cfstaffing.com | LinkedIn
| Commodities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil | 58.36 | +1.64% |
| Natural Gas | 3.06 | +1.18% |
| Gasoline | 1.74 | +0.67% |
| Heating Oil | 1.94 | +2.25% |
| Gold | 1278.80 | +0.44% |
| Silver | 16.30 | -0.52% |
| Copper | 3.07 | +0.93% |
| 2017.12.03 end-of-day | » Add to your site | |
Our client is a leading non-profit located in NW/Central Houston. This is a recently formed organization focused on youth-development programs. This organization is seeking a strong part-time accountant (25 hrs/wk) to join their tight-knit team.
Duties:
Requirements
Why work here?
Responsibilities
• Conduct all phases of an audit including planning, fieldwork, and report drafting
• Evaluate policies, procedures, processes and internal controls over company activities, including information systems operating procedures, system security and general computing and application controls
• Communicate findings with auditee during the test work and at the closing meeting
• Provide recommendations to improve operations
• Assist with the supervision, training and mentoring of staff auditors on audit process
• Complete audit work papers by documenting audit tests and findings
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems Management;
• At least 2 years relevant experience in IT Auditing;
• Public Accounting experience preferred
• Experience working within COSO/risk-based framework;
• Experience with Sarbanes Oxley;

It’s always a challenge to meet someone in authority, and the challenge can seem even larger when you’ve been searching for a job long-term.
Typically, there are several hurdles an applicant has to clear at the HR level. Executives usually have administrative assistants and human resource employees to handle employment processes, and they may filter hundreds of applicants before handing their selections in for the higher-ups to evaluate.
And then there’s the ever more common online application. You may have to answer questions (and the answers have to align with what the company is looking for) before you may have the chance to talk to an HR screener. Technology has made hiring pools smaller for busy companies, but at the same time, it can make it more difficult for job hunters to get an offer.
To help, here are some tips to get around and through the gatekeepers:
1. Maximize LinkedIn
If you really want to look for the key players in the company, search them using LinkedIn, under the departments you’re interested in. Using your contact of interest, look for mutual connections you might have, and find out what groups they have joined using the platform. Join some of the same groups and you’ll have something in common.
Feel free to send them a message, but don’t expect a quick response, especially if the contact is not currently looking for a job. Don’t be too aggressive—Avoid dropping multiple messages. (You want to look like a potential candidate, not a desperate stalker.)
2. Look for Mutual Connections
You can also look for mutual connections via informational interviews. Feel free to reach out to informational interview contacts once you have permission. (Doing this gives you more access to the person you’re trying to reach.) You can then confidently speak to the gatekeeper when that contact is expecting your call.
3. Activate Alumni Networks
It’s important to attend different networking events to grow your network. Find events by reaching out to your career services and alumni offices. At these events, you may see some familiar faces, and the odds are you’ll meet great new people working in a variety of fields, including the one you’re interested in.
Alan is the creator of Interview Success Formula, a training program that has helped more than 40,000 job seekers to ace their interviews and land the jobs they deserve. Interviewers love asking curveball questions to weed out job seekers. But the truth is, most of these questions are asking about a few key areas. Learn more about how to outsmart tough interviewers by watching this video.
| Commodities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil | 58.95 | +1.58% |
| Natural Gas | 2.81 | -5.51% |
| Gasoline | 1.79 | +1.12% |
| Heating Oil | 1.95 | +1.04% |
| Gold | 1286.70 | -0.38% |
| Silver | 16.98 | -0.71% |
| Copper | 3.17 | +0.99% |
| 2017.11.26 end-of-day | » Add to your site | |
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November 17, 2017
The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area created 43,200 jobs in October,
according to the Texas Workforce Commission. That’s the largest single-month job gain on record. The record-setting growth reflects the aftereffects of Hurricane Harvey plus an expected post-summer improvement, not a surge in economic activity.
July cut 19,500 jobs, primarily in local school districts as educators roll off school payrolls in the summer months. August’s and September’s losses, 12,100 and 11,200 respectively, occurred primarily in food services and drinking places, retail and construction, as Houstonians stayed home during Hurricane Harvey and construction workers stayed off the job site. Hurricane Harvey has clouded what’s truly happening with local employment. Through June, the region had created 25,200 jobs. Through October, the region has created only 25,600 jobs. Either job growth has slowed considerably or TWC has failed to capture the
jobs that are being created.
Note: The Partnership will discuss Harvey’s long-term impact on Houston’s economy, the
employment outlook for ’18, and the future of energy, construction, and innovation at its
Houston Region Economic Outlook, scheduled for December 8 at the Royal Sonesta.
Additional details can be found at the Partnership’s website or by clicking here.



Staff Accountant Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Our publicly-held client is Headquartered on the West-side of Houston Texas and has approximately 2500 employees. They are a market leader in their industry and have been active for over 60 years.
The successful candidate will sit within a team of five and will report to the Sales Tax Senior Manager. This position will primarily be responsible for assisting with Sales & Use tax audits and notices, researching S&U matters, monitoring changes in S&U laws and maintaining the taxability matrix. This includes the preparation of S&U tax returns and refunds.
Why work here?
Requirements:

Our client is a leading manufacturer who has been in business for over 60 years. They are private equity backed and growing by acquisition and organic growth. They are a global producer of custom sealing solutions. They have locations in the US, South America, Europe, and Asia. They are located on the west side of Houston. This role will take on a broad variety of tasks from Financial statement analysis to bank reconciliations.
Why work here?
Requirements:
Click to access Purchasing_Managers_Index.pdf
The Houston Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a short-term leading indicator for regional production, registered 49.3 in October, up from 48.6 in September. Readings above 50 signal economic expansion in Houston over the next three to four months. Readings below 50 signal contraction. After 10 consecutive months of expansion, Hurricane Harvey pushed the PMI below 50 in August. The October reading suggests the region is nearly completing its recovery from the storm.
| Commodities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil | 56.74 | -0.76% |
| Natural Gas | 3.21 | +0.40% |
| Gasoline | 1.81 | -0.40% |
| Heating Oil | 1.93 | -0.62% |
| Gold | 1272.40 | -1.04% |
| Silver | 16.84 | -0.59% |
| Copper | 3.07 | -0.34% |
| 2017.11.12 end-of-day | » Add to your site | |
Our client is a leading manufacturer of downhole tools for a publicly-traded Oilfield Service company. This group was founded in 1983 and brought under the corporate umbrella in 1998. This division has roughly 500 employees.
This position will be located in Godley, TX (25 miles from Fort Worth) and sits within a team of three. The selected candidate will report directly to the Finance Manager. This position is frequently groomed to take over as the Finance Manager and will require minimal travel. The primary responsibilities of the role are to review monthly flash forecasts, quarterly inventory schedules, budget submissions, Month-End Close and a variety of special projects.
Why work here?
Requirements
This organization is a leading education provider for underprivileged students overseas. They do so with publicly available schools, education assistance, volunteer and community programs. The organization has been in existence for over ten years and holds its events nationwide. The successful candidate will have a strong knowledge of donor databases and contribution/donation oversight. This candidate will be involved in general accounting & bookkeeping as well as successfully organizing and managing the donor database system.
50-60K | Westchase
Why work here?
Requirements
Our client is a publicly traded oil and gas service company located in The Woodlands, TX. The company is in business internationally and has been in existence for over 30 years. They are seeking an experience partnership tax professional to sit within a team of ten. This role will primarily assist in the preparation of the federal partnership return as well as provision. They will also assist with tax research and State & local tasks and will report up to the Federal Tax Manager.
Senior Tax Analyst (90-100K) plus bonus
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Senior Accountant | 290 & Bltwy 8 | 70-80K plus small discretionary
Why work here?
Duties:
Requirements:
