Monthly Archives: August 2008

You live and learn

August 15, 2008 – 4:25 am

When we started Six Figures we set out to address the talent acquisition and retention needs of business. So Six Figures was launched as a service for talented, high worth candidates and the businesses that want them.
Somewhat naively, we figured that this was the full equation:
I.e. candidates + businesses = successful talent acquisition & retention
or [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Six Figures News | Leave a Comment

A must watch video of Malcolm Gladwell for anyone who is involved in hiring

August 11, 2008 – 10:33 am

In May, Malcolm Gladwell spoke at the 2008 New Yorker Conference, “Stories from the Near Future”, on the challenge of hiring in the modern world. This is a must watch video of Malcolm Gladwell for anyone who is involved in hiring. Malcolm discusses the miss-match problem with hiring, and the issue of using criteria to [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms | Comments Off

Missing member activation emails

August 8, 2008 – 11:50 am

It seems that some job seekers who registered on Six Figures recently have not received their member activation emails.  We are looking into why this is happening (very mysterious!), so don’t be surprised if you receive an activation email “out of the blue” if you never received one around the time you registered.
Also, for new [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Searching for the Six Figure Job, Six Figures News | Comments (1)

Social Networking Sites – How much does your privacy matter?

August 6, 2008 – 12:52 am

While some people, particularly generation Y, are happy to have their lives public and accessible by anyone and everyone on the internet, we wonder if generation X and baby boomers are as comfortable having their information and images accessible to all (whether of a personal or work related nature).
Every day it [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Information of Interest, Social Media & Technology | Comments (3)