Category Archives: Human Resources

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 | Also posted in Career Events, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Information of Interest, Interesting Events, Six Figures News | Tagged , | Comments (1)

What Do You Value Most From Your Employer? Can Employers Really Buy Employee Engagement?

October 27, 2009 – 11:53 pm

I recently attended an HR event on the topic of sourcing and retaining talent. They had a diverse group of speakers from different industries discussing how they attract and retain good staff, with some sharing some solid insights. The common theme was that people who are engaged in their work are far easier to retain, [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Employers & Social Media, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Channel, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Social Media & Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)

Job Ads that will Get You the Talent You Want – the Devil’s in the Detail

October 22, 2009 – 12:24 am

Six Figures has always advocated having detailed job ads to attract both professional and passive talent. When you are targeting more senior people who are already employed you certainly have to work very hard to get their attention. They will not be lured by brief, vague or poorly written job ads that fail to include [...]

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Why HR Needs to Start Participating & Engaging with Job Seekers

October 8, 2009 – 1:50 am

The Fast Company article ‘How Social Media is Upending the Enterprise’ was sent to me this week by a colleague and I could have easily not read it given we are being saturated by this topic. However, this article so clearly highlights the challenge for recruiters and brings home the reality of the changing relationships [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Employers & Social Media, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Job Seeking & Social Media, Recruitment, Social Media & Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

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 | Also posted in Directorships & Boards, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Information of Interest, Salary & Negotiation | 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 [...]

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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 | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, 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 [...]

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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 | Also posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Recruitment | Comments (2)

AHRI RESEARCH REPORT ON EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION

July 17, 2009 – 4:53 am

This year AHRI has produced a good report on Executive Remuneration, which has been approached from the perspective of how executive remuneration salary packages are determined both at the executive and board levels. The report looks at the role of HR in determining executive remuneration, incentives and termination payments, in additional to engaging external consultancies [...]

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