Monthly Archives: September 2008

Six Figures will be at Online Divas in October

September 30, 2008 – 4:30 am

Kelly and Karen will be at the Online Divas launch and networking event on October 28th in Sydney.
Online Divas is the ultimate online networking group that brings young entrepreneurial women together, with focus around running successful online businesses.
To find out more and register to attend, simply visit Online Divas.

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Interesting Events, Six Figures News | Leave a Comment

The Dilemma – More Money or a More Satisfying Work-Life!

September 28, 2008 – 4:57 am

Six Figures recently surveyed over 100 high salary earners of which 75% said that they would take a salary cut to be able to do a job they are capable of doing that is different to what they have done in their past working career.
So what are the reasons that prevent us from making more [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Searching for the Six Figure Job | Tagged , , , , | Leave a Comment

Recruitment Trends for 2009

September 24, 2008 – 12:26 pm

Acoording to a recent ERE.net article by Dr. John Sullivan, http://www.ere.net/2008/08/04/trends-in-corporate-recruiting-for-2009 the top 13 trends in corporate recruiting include;
1.Upgrading employment branding
2.Reinvigorating referral programs
3.Renewing the focus on quality of hire
4.Reinforcing the business case for recruiting
5.Utilizing social networks
6.Utilizing video
7.Upgrading succession planning
8.Using employee blogs for recruiting
9.Using mobile-phone recruiting
10.Revitalizing corporate jobs page
11.Using a CRM model for hiring
12.Hiring innovators
13.Recruiting [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms | Comments (1)

New Job Seeker Resources and Enhanced Job Search

September 14, 2008 – 9:04 am

Late last week we updated the Six Figures website with a number of new articles on job searching, career options and resume writing for high salary earners. Some of these articles have also been made available to the public, at Job Seeker Resources, to assist all job seekers in their career development.
Another important enhancement to [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Executive Career Services & Coaching, Searching for the Six Figure Job, Website Updates | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a Comment

Why Executive Job Sites Work

September 3, 2008 – 3:01 am

In this week’s Destination Talent blog article by Phillip Tusing, around Executive Recruitment and Job Boards, Six Figures was featured.
Phillip is very much up to speed with the evolution and progression of niche job sites, which has also been supported by a recent Executive Job Board Survey by Harvey Nash (with a European focus). This [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Information of Interest | Tagged , , , , | Leave a Comment