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Filling C-Suite Jobs During a Pandemic
Your small business can’t survive without a CEO. But how do you go about interviewing at a time when everyone’s at home?
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If you’re a small business in need of a new chief executive or chief financial officer and were looking before the coronavirus pandemic, you likely want to continue your search.
Although 1 in 4 small businesses in the U.S. has had to close temporarily, and many others have slashed staff, companies that began searches for top executives late last year or early in 2020 aren’t halting those searches now, even if management teams are working from home. Small businesses that suddenly lose a CEO or a CFO because they fall ill also are expected to seek replacements.