Monthly Archives: March 2010

Workplace Diversity Requirements for Australian Listed Companies Approaching

March 31, 2010 – 2:58 pm

We are only three months away from July 1, which is the anticipated implementation date for the ASX’s revised Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations that will require every listed company to disclose their diversity policy. In addition, listed companies will have to report on the number of women employees in the whole organisation, in senior [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Information of Interest, Executive Channel, Directorships & Boards, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Executive Career Management & Development | Comments (2)

Selection of Outplacement Services

March 31, 2010 – 12:25 pm

Guest article written by Adrian Kelly of Outplacement Australia In most aspects of our lives we like to feel in control – to have some say over what happens to us, and to be able to participate in decisions regarding our lives. Never is this truer than when we are told our services are no [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Human Resources, Redundancy & Outplacement | Leave a Comment

Access to Capable Career Transition Consultant Viewed as Lynchpin to Effective Outplacement

March 22, 2010 – 11:17 pm

Senior execs categorically reject commoditised programs In the strongest signal yet that senior executives are fed up with commoditised outplacement programs, the release of the 2010 Outplacement Industry Benchmark Report confirms that time-limited programs in which candidates are supplied with self-directed hard copy material are being rated as highly ineffective. “While senior executives are a [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Information of Interest, Redundancy & Outplacement, Six Figures News, Six Figures Press Releases | Leave a Comment

How Seth Godin and Dr. Seuss Can Help Our Careers

March 17, 2010 – 1:39 am

The other week I was pleased to see an article by Fiona Smith in the Financial Review about Seth Godin’s latest book ‘Linchpin’. Seth Godin is nothing short of brilliant and has written a raft of books and has a brilliant active blog http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ that all offer terrific insights that are relevant for us all. [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Book Reviews, Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Human Resources, Information of Interest | Comments (3)

Executives and high income earners continue to strongly endorse job boards for finding jobs: Executive Monitor

March 7, 2010 – 10:57 pm

The Executive Monitor report, a study to understand the work behaviour and intention of Executives in Australia, has been released today. Job boards continue to remain an important channel for executives to find a job. While only 11.6% of executives credited job boards for finding direct employment, the vast majority (67%) planned on using job [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Employers & Social Media, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Job Searching, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Expats, Information of Interest, Job Boards & Job Hunting, Job Seeking & Social Media, Personal & Work Values, Personal Branding, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Searching for the Six Figure Job, Six Figures Press Releases, Social Media & Technology | Comments (1)

What Your Career Needs Most: Recess

March 3, 2010 – 1:33 am

If you want to get a boost of confidence, become more creative and have healthier relationships, then you need to spend more time playing and goofing off, psychologists say. Being playful provides a sense of “forgetting time, of feeling that your goals are clear, of getting clear and immediate feedback, not feeling bored or anxious,” [...]

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