Monthly Archives: February 2010

Achieving Your Career Goals and Attaining Work Life Balance

February 24, 2010 – 1:19 am

For many of us, our careers form a very important part of our lives and who we are. That is not to say that we don’t also seek out some balance – as they say, all work and no play can make for a rather dull person. A recent UK survey of workers from all [...]

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

What’s the Best Business &/or Career Advice You’ve Ever Received?

February 17, 2010 – 1:20 am

On one of the Linkedin groups I am member of there was a very active discussion around the topic of “What’s the best business advice you ever got?”, which is chalking up hundreds of terrific responses. Just a few of these gems include: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Up. Take risks and don’t be afraid [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Information of Interest | Comments (2)

How to explain those gaps in your resume

February 17, 2010 – 12:23 am

Over the course of our employment the reality is that we are all going to have some gaps here and there in our resumes for a myriad of reasons. It could be due to travel, family, study, redundancy, a career break, ill-health, time off between employers and so on. In fact, it would be somewhat [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Interviewing, Job Seeking & Social Media, Recruitment | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)

What do high income earners want from employers in 2010?

February 15, 2010 – 2:49 am

You will be surprised by the findings that are released in the Executive Career Monitor Report The Executive Career Monitor Report offers organisations the most comprehensive insights into the behaviors, perceptions and intentions of high income professionals’ in Australia. In late 2009 Six Figures the exclusive job site for high income earners in conjunction with [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Events, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Human Resources, Information of Interest, Interesting Events, Six Figures News | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Middle Aged Workers & Their Valuable Brains – Why Some Employers Are Missing Out

February 10, 2010 – 1:49 am

“Younger brains, predictably, are set up to focus on the negative and potential trouble. Older brains, studies show, often reach solutions faster, in part, because they focus on what can be done.” As a middle aged worker (deemed to be someone in the 40 – 60 year age bracket) the job search process can bring [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Baby Boomers/ Third Agers, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Job Searching, Information of Interest, Recruitment | Comments (1)

Is a mobile phone still considered a perk of the job?

February 3, 2010 – 9:44 pm

When negotiating your remuneration package with a current or prospective employer you have to ask yourself if a mobile phone is still considered a perk or not. The same could also be said about the laptop really. Given they are tools of trade required to do our jobs and that for most of us we [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Job Searching, Recruitment, Salary & Negotiation | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Hiring on potential – does it exist or is it only about what you have done?

February 2, 2010 – 11:09 pm

I  have been reading the fantastic book by Charles Handy ‘The Age of Unreason’ over the summer holidays. I was hooked after I found it on my father’s bookshelf and I cannot seem to stop thinking about the myriad of fascinating points the book raises. One of those points is the fact that most intelligent [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Job Searching, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Interviewing, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Six Figures News | Tagged , , , , | Comments (9)

Six Figures Shortlisted for onrec Awards

February 1, 2010 – 5:14 am

Six Figures has been shortlisted for the 2010 onrec Awards in the Niche Job Site Category. The awards to be held in London, 31st March are one of the industry’s most prestigious Awards Ceremony.  To find out more about these awards or to attend visit onrec

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