Monthly Archives: September 2010

Leveraging Fear and Failure

September 30, 2010 – 7:31 pm

“It has been my experience that the greatest fear most professionals struggle with is the fear of failure. In fact, it is often times this fear of failure that governs how much risk a business person will take, and in turn how successful (or not) they are likely to become.” Mike Myatt’s article on Leveraging Fear & [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Information of Interest, Interviewing, Reputation Management | Comments (4)

An Easy Way to Know If You Are in the Right Job

September 29, 2010 – 3:22 pm

If you struck it rich would you continue to work in your current profession? Most of us say that if we won the lottery or fell into a large sum of money we would not return to work. Ask yourself how true this actually is for you. Would you really give up work forever? Or [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Job Seeking & Social Media, Six Figures News | Leave a Comment

Independent Contractors Emerge from GFC Happy, Accountable and More Resilient

September 27, 2010 – 10:31 pm

The IPro Index 2010, a joint research project conducted by Monash University and sponsored by Entity Solutions, has found that despite a tough business environment in 2009, Australia’s Independent Contractors (referred to as Independent Professionals/IPros by Entity Solutions) remain upbeat, confident and content with their choice of lifestyle. While the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Job Seeking & Social Media, Six Figures News | Leave a Comment

The Challenges and Rewards that Career Planning Brings

September 22, 2010 – 1:03 pm

Many times during our working life we will be faced with the question ‘What next career action step is really right for me?’ Our response is often: ‘I don’t know’. Why is this so, when many have learnt through the realities of today’s workplace, recurring restructuring, loss of work colleagues through repeated downsizing or outsourcing [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Personal & Work Values, Searching for the Six Figure Job | Leave a Comment

Unusual Jobs Around the World that Pay Above 100k

September 21, 2010 – 7:59 pm

When most people think of high paying jobs, they tend to think of business executives, professional sports players, and other well compensated, but normal careers. However, there are also a number of very unusual careers that workers are handsomely compensated for. While these careers are either dangerous, or just plain weird, many people would gladly [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Information of Interest | Comments (1)

Job Hopping – How Good is it For Your Career?

September 16, 2010 – 10:06 pm

Penelope Trunk, the founder of “Three Startups” and most recently “Brazen Careerist”, has written a blog post on job hopping that has attracted over 200 comments. In her post Why Job Hoppers Make the Best Employees she lists a few of the key reasons why they do: Job hoppers have more intellectually rewarding careers. Job [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Job Searching, Reputation Management, Searching for the Six Figure Job | Leave a Comment

Key Career Change Questions To Ask Yourself

September 16, 2010 – 9:55 pm

Before you make a job or career change, review this list of key questions to ask yourself to be 100% prepared. This covers numerous sections from the position, the work environment, the industry, the people and your personal needs which are often neglected. Below is an example of the questions around your personal needs. My [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Personal & Work Values | Comments Off

Is business etiquette becoming less relevant in our careers?

September 15, 2010 – 3:07 pm

A recent post by Greg Savage No, you are not ‘running late’, you are rude and selfish, combined with my increasing experience of dealing with unprofessional people, has forced me to question if perhaps I am living in the dark ages and that business etiquette is a thing of the past. It seems that wasting [...]

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

How has the job & careers landscape changed?

September 1, 2010 – 1:50 pm

What does this mean for you as a job seeker? Career Success Radio asks these questions amongst others to those involved in the employment and social media space across the globe. In this special 2 year birthday special Career Success Radio looks at where things are currently at in relation to employment in the UK, [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Posted in Career Services & Advice, Employers & Social Media, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Job Boards & Job Hunting, Job Seeking & Social Media, Six Figures News, Social Media & Technology | Leave a Comment

Should Mentors be Financially Compensated?

September 1, 2010 – 1:45 pm

On the Compensation Café blog they have a very valid yet provocative post titled ‘Why are Mentors Worthless?’ Having participated in a few mentoring programs – both as a mentee and a mentor – this post by Jim Brennan really got me thinking as I had not even considered this fact before. Through his research [...]

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