Category Archives: Information of Interest

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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Are you in a job that’s making you miserable?

August 19, 2010 – 11:32 pm

It’s time to move on … On the Great Leadership blog a little while back there was a post that resonated with me: Don’t settle for a job that’s making you miserable. It got me thinking about so many career clients I have worked with who were miserable in their current roles and who had [...]

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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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Portfolio Careers – What do employers think? Is it a career breaker?

July 21, 2010 – 3:12 pm

Increasingly, I am coming across more and more professionals of various ages who have portfolio careers, which is essentially restructuring your work differently to that of a traditional one job with the one employer. Portfolio careers are not simply for those transitioning into retirement. Often they are now for those wanting to design a more [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Searching for the Six Figure Job | Comments (4)

How Pleasing Is Your Personality?

July 14, 2010 – 1:26 pm

The more pleasing it is the more likely success will follow … Anthill recently ran an intriguing article by Joshua Moore ‘The law of success: Lesson 10 – Moulding a pleasing personality‘. The article explores finding the right balance between self-promotion and taking an interest in what others do that you meet and work with.  [...]

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What is in and out for Resumes in 2010?

June 16, 2010 – 2:56 pm

How to write the perfect resume is something that we all want to know.  Good resume writing is certainly a skill and something that does not come naturally to most of us. There are articles everywhere on how to write good resumes, including Six Figures with a section of resources to assist on the subject [...]

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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 [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Baby Boomers/ Third Agers, Human Resources, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms | Comments (1)

Why Creativity Matters in Today’s Leaders

May 27, 2010 – 10:16 am

The article by Frank Kern What Chief Executives Really Want covers a survey from IBM’s Institute for Business Value, which shows that CEOs value one leadership competency above all others: creativity. This is very much aligned with the podcast that Suzi Dafnis did with Seth Godin this month (Booked for lunch webinar). The theme of [...]

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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 | Also posted in Directorships & Boards, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Channel, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention | Comments (1)

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 [...]

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