Category Archives: Information of Interest

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 boards [...]

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What’s the Best Business &/or Career Advice You’ve Ever Received?

February 17, 2010 – 1:20 am

On one of the Linkedin groups I am member of there was a very active discussion around the topic of “What’s the best business advice you ever got?”, which is chalking up hundreds of terrific responses. Just a few of these gems include:

Think Big, Start Small, Scale Up.
Take risks and don’t be afraid to make [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development | Comments (1)

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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Middle Aged Workers & Their Valuable Brains – Why Some Employers Are Missing Out

February 10, 2010 – 1:49 am

“Younger brains, predictably, are set up to focus on the negative and potential trouble. Older brains, studies show, often reach solutions faster, in part, because they focus on what can be done.”
As a middle aged worker (deemed to be someone in the 40 – 60 year age bracket) the job search process can bring with [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Baby Boomers/ Third Agers, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Job Searching, Recruitment | Comments (1)

At Masters / Post Grad Level is it an Internship or a Short Term Contract?

January 2, 2010 – 6:43 am

Last month I was delighted to be invited to speak at Melbourne Business School on a careers related topic, which was around preparation to secure an Internship. As a career coach I enjoy being around such dynamic and inspirational people, who have invested a lot of money and time, as well as making personal sacrifices [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Job Searching | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Majority of Senior Executives Rate Outplacement Programs Poorly

December 18, 2009 – 4:52 am

More than half of senior executives rated their last or current outplacement experience as poor, citing involvement in group sessions and the lack of meaningful contact with a career coach as leading to less than satisfactory career transitions.
The release of ‘The Establishment Report: What is Important?‘ phase one, has yielded insights for both employers and [...]

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Take the EXECUTIVE MONITOR SURVEY & Go Into the Draw to WIN a $3,000 Luxury Gift

November 11, 2009 – 5:50 am

NOTE:  Survey Closes 13th December 2009
Six Figures and Destination Talent invite high income earners (those earning $100K+ package) to participate in this short 5 -8 minute survey, the Executive Career Monitor.
In Australia, there is a paucity of information on high-income executives, specifically those earning above 100K annually. Our study aims to provide a better understanding [...]

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SixFigures.com.au – Winner Best Industry Job Board Award @ 2009 Recruitment Excellence Awards

October 27, 2009 – 11:03 pm

Launched in 2008, Six Figures the Executive Job Site for $100K+ jobs and contracts across all industries and professions has carved out a place for itself as Australia’s best industry job board. Six Figures was announced as the winner at this month’s 2009 Recruitment Excellence Awards, conducted by Recruitment Extra.
Kelly Magowan, CEO and Co-founder [...]

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The ‘Slow Movement’ for Conferences! Is technology taking over a ‘face to face’ people connection occasion?

October 21, 2009 – 12:49 am

Recently I attended a few conferences, which have been terrific. One was a digital media conference, the other a recruitment and technology related conference, so there was a lot of strong technology flavor. Upon reflection however I have to wonder if I gained the maximum benefit from these conferences thanks to technology taking over my [...]

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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, [...]

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