Monthly Archives: August 2009

Have you experienced an outplacement or career transition service? Complete our survey & win yourself some Grange!

August 31, 2009 – 11:28 pm

If you are an executive or professional who has been through an outplacement program or career transition service provider in the last five years, we would welcome your feedback on how you found the experience.
Our short survey will take only 5 minutes of your time to complete with the information being used to look at [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Events, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Channel, Redundancy & Outplacement, Six Figures News, Surveys & Competitions | Tagged , , | Leave a Comment

What Do Most Employees Want From Their Employers?

August 27, 2009 – 5:00 am

There is a lot of research available now about what motivates and engages employees, and what is interesting is that although salary has always featured it has never been the number one driver, particularly for Executives and Professionals.
Late last year Six Figures conducted research around this topic and produced the report “What You Need to [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Human Resources, Information of Interest | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Jack Causes A Stir On The Issue of Work-life Balance

August 26, 2009 – 7:15 am

Why does the topic of work-life balance cause such a stir and how do you get it?
The topic of work-life balance is getting a lot of exposure recently, no doubt brought on by comments made from Jack Welch at a recent US conference saying “there’s no such thing as work-life balance”; which there may well [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Human Resources, Recruitment, Six Figures News | Tagged | Comments (2)

Equal Pay Day 2009 – 1 September in Australia

August 25, 2009 – 5:27 am

Equal Pay Day is held on Tuesday 1 September in Australia this year, to signify the point into a year that a woman must work to earn what a man made in the previous financial year.
Census statistics released in 2008 show that the gap between men’s and women’s earnings changed by less than one percent [...]

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

Content is King! Six Figures expands offering to deliver Executives more of what they want – Jobs, News & Services

August 20, 2009 – 11:28 pm

Six Figures the Executive Job site for $100K+ jobs and talent jobs across all industries and professions, is launching a new website design and expanding the offering to include Executive Jobs – News – Services.
Due to growing demand by high salary earners for more specific career and industry related content, Six Figures is meeting demand [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Channel, Six Figures News, Six Figures Press Releases | Leave a Comment

Why Your Business Needs a Decent Careers Site to Leverage Social Media

August 20, 2009 – 6:49 am

Brett Iredale in his post ‘Forget Social Media Until You Have Your Careers Site In Order’ highlights the need for businesses to get their house in order before jumping on the social media bandwagon. In his post Brett says that “Once again the facts tell us that your careers site is one of the most [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Employers & Social Media, Job Seeking & Social Media | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)

Ever Talked Someone Out Of Resigning? Was It The Best Decision?

August 20, 2009 – 6:31 am

When a staff member resigns, are you best to talk them out of it or accept the resignation and move on? A post on the blog “My CEO Life” candidly explored the topic of “If someone resigns accept it”. Simon Baker recounts his experiences on staff resignations and how he managed them, from acceptance to [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Human Resources, Recruitment | Comments (2)

Careers Event Melbourne: What’s Your Career Plan B?

August 19, 2009 – 2:18 am

Kelly Magowan, is a graduate of La Trobe University and CEO of the executive job site Six Figures with 13 years of experience working across HR, Recruitment and Career Coaching.
In these uncertain times, it is vital that you plan ahead, and be prepared for change. Whether you lose your job, need to move away urgently, [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Events, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Generalist V’s Specialist – What’s the Best for Your Career?

August 16, 2009 – 11:56 pm

I was reading an article in the Financial Review last week that looked at those whose careers has boomed during the GFC which suggested that being a specialist held you in good stead in such turbulent times. Apparently employers are wanting to hold onto those with solid expertise in core areas.
The question of generalist [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Channel, Information of Interest, Personal Branding | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

Your Chance to Win A Bureaux Membership

August 12, 2009 – 4:10 am

Two Bronze memberships to be won – worth over $600 each
Bureaux and Six Figures are pleased to announce a special offer for Six Figures Members. During the month of August, two Bronze memberships (worth over $600 each) are on offer. Just visit the Bureaux website and write “Six Figures Bronze” in the comments section. We [...]

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