Monthly Archives: September 2009

Productivity Commission Releases Discussion Draft on Executive Remuneration in Australia

September 30, 2009 – 3:29 am

The Productivity Commission has just released a Discussion Draft on Executive Remuneration in Australia, borne out of its public inquiry into the regulatory framework around remuneration of directors and executives of companies. This inquiry is one of the local reactions to worldwide calls for curbs on “episodes of excess and poor pay practices” for executives, [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Directorships & Boards, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Human Resources, Information of Interest, Salary & Negotiation | Leave a Comment

The Paradox of Choice in Life and Work

September 30, 2009 – 12:57 am

In his 20 minute TED presentation The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz provides us with an insightful look at how we are all inundated with too many choices in our modern lives and the different ways that we cope with these. Schwartz highlights the fact that with freedom brings choice, which is a good thing [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Information of Interest, Personal & Work Values | Leave a Comment

AIM VIC Event: ‘Successful Salary Negotiation in All Economic Climates’

September 28, 2009 – 12:52 am

Are you looking to change jobs and not sure what your worth in the market and/or how to negotiate your worth? Or perhaps you know that you are being underpaid however don’t know how to approach it with your current employer, particularly in the current climate? If you are someone who wants to improve their [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Events, Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Salary & Negotiation, Six Figures News | Tagged , , , , | Leave a Comment

Flexible Work Arrangments – Who Wins & Who Loses?

September 23, 2009 – 1:56 am

At this week’s RecruitTECH conference Kate Skyes from CareerMums spoke about the topic of workplace flexibility, with a focus on mums returning to work.  The topic certainly received varying responses from the audience, with people having had mixed experiences of success with flexible workers. Another subject that was raised on this point was the release [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Employers & Social Media, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Channel, Human Resources, Information of Interest | Tagged , , , , | Leave a Comment

RecruitTECH – Technology is only the enabler, relationships still matter in recruitment

September 22, 2009 – 3:31 am

Last week I attended the RecruitTECH  conference as both a delegate and a speaker and what a terrific conference it was. The brain child of Clayton Wehner, founder of Capital Jobs a niche job site for ACT based jobs, Clayton pulled together a collection of highly regarded passionate and knowledgeable speakers on technology related recruitment [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Events, Job Seeking & Social Media, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Six Figures News, Social Media & Technology | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

It Pays to Negotiate Your Salary- Find Out Why & How! BTalk Australia

September 17, 2009 – 12:23 am

(Episode 332; 13 minutes 57) By Phil Dobbie interviewing Kelly Magowan from Six Figures on Salary Negotiation There is nothing that saps motivation more than being paid less than you think you deserve. Often people are unpaid simply because they don’t ask for a raise. Kelly Magowan from executive job site Six Figures says employers [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Channel, Interviewing, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Salary & Negotiation, Six Figures News | Tagged , , , | Leave a Comment

The DIY Job Search & Career Change Program

September 16, 2009 – 12:36 am

The Job Search and Career Change Program has been specifically designed as a Do It Yourself (DIY) program. Using the program’s series of five workbooks you will be guided step by step through the process for making a successful job or career change. Price: AU$39.60 Each of the workbooks includes 28-45 pages of information essential to [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Cover Letters, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Interviewing, Job Boards & Job Hunting, Job Seeking & Social Media, Personal & Work Values, Personal Branding, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Resume Writing, Salary & Negotiation | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

The Etiquette of Accepting / Rejecting Social Networking Invitations

September 15, 2009 – 11:50 pm

To accept or reject Invitations from sites like LinkedIn and Facebook can be a rather stressful decision dependent on whom the invitation is coming from. It seems we face invitations from school and university days, from former colleagues, bosses, others who share similar interests, those wanting to hire us and many more. However many of us [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Employers & Social Media, Job Seeking & Social Media, Networking | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (4)

Age Discrimination as a Job Seeker – What Has Been Your Experience?

September 8, 2009 – 12:00 pm

There are unfortunately still all forms of discrimination that occur in the workforce including age discrimination. Mature age workers are set to make up the bulk of our workforce, yet age discrimination remains a real issue, particularly for job seekers in the current market.  I have not experienced age discrimination in my career as yet [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Information of Interest, Searching for the Six Figure Job | Tagged , , , | Comments (11)

Free Report: Sources of Talent in Australia

September 4, 2009 – 7:05 am

The Source of Talent, 09, a report tracking the hiring practices of organisations in Australia, has been released. The report, a result of surveying 409 organisations who made a total of 92,136 hires in the last 12 months, compares the effectiveness of 17 different identifiable sources of talent. “The study reveals clear national trends but [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Channel, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Information of Interest, Job Boards & Job Hunting, Job Seeking & Social Media, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)