Category Archives: Human Resources

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 [...]

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Workforce Planning – I am not HR so Why Should I Care?

August 18, 2010 – 4:22 pm

In the article New takes on talent, Peter Wood – Principal, Human Capital from Mercer, makes the obvious point that too many organisations are not “investing in talent”. Let’s face it – that statement is bandied about a lot and we really don’t pay it much attention. However, it is a crucial part of an [...]

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Incorporating the CV into Staff Management

July 21, 2010 – 3:02 pm

Incorporating the CV into Staff Management may just help both you and your staff get what you want “If you cannot say why you made your company a better place, you’re out.” I am half way through reading Tom Peters’ brilliant book, ‘The Tom Peters Seminar  – Crazy Times Call for Crazy Organisations’ and really [...]

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Do Line Managers Need More Training? HR Thinks So

July 7, 2010 – 3:09 pm

In this month’s HR Leader magazine, an article has been run that says ‘HR wants compulsory training for line managers’.  According to a recent survey by XpertHR, 8 out of 10 HR people think management training is a must. Why? Because the majority of HR people surveyed did not rate line managers’ skills in their [...]

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WHY GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE STILL EXISTS

June 12, 2010 – 10:12 pm

“When it comes to bias, it seems that the desire to believe in a meritocracy is so powerful that until a person has experienced sufficient career-harming bias themselves they simply do not believe it exists” This article ‘How the Sex Bias Prevails’ by Shankar Vedantam in The Age on 15 May 2010 is a must [...]

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Why the Job Seeking Experience is Set to Improve

May 5, 2010 – 3:05 pm

“The #1 reason why people turn down job offers is the way that they were treated during the hiring process.” In March this year, Dr. John Sullivan wrote a powerful article for ERE on How Candidate Abuse Is Costing Your Firm Millions of Dollars in Revenue. The article is written for Recruitment and HR professionals; however, [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Executive Job Searching, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Recruitment | Comments (1)

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 | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Redundancy & Outplacement | 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 | Also posted in Book Reviews, Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Information of Interest | 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 [...]

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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, [...]

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