Category Archives: Recruitment

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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How to explain those gaps in your resume

February 17, 2010 – 12:23 am

Over the course of our employment the reality is that we are all going to have some gaps here and there in our resumes for a myriad of reasons. It could be due to travel, family, study, redundancy, a career break, ill-health, time off between employers and so on. In fact, it would be somewhat [...]

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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, Information of Interest | Comments (1)

Is a mobile phone still considered a perk of the job?

February 3, 2010 – 9:44 pm

When negotiating your remuneration package with a current or prospective employer you have to ask yourself if a mobile phone is still considered a perk or not. The same could also be said about the laptop really. Given they are tools of trade required to do our jobs and that for most of us we [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Job Searching, Salary & Negotiation | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Hiring on potential – does it exist or is it only about what you have done?

February 2, 2010 – 11:09 pm

I  have been reading the fantastic book by Charles Handy ‘The Age of Unreason’ over the summer holidays. I was hooked after I found it on my father’s bookshelf and I cannot seem to stop thinking about the myriad of fascinating points the book raises. One of those points is the fact that most intelligent [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Job Searching, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Interviewing, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Six Figures News | Tagged , , , , | Comments (9)

Why not to disclose your current salary at interviews

January 27, 2010 – 1:55 am

As 2010 kicks off, there will be a rapid increase in those moving jobs over the coming months – resulting in a lot of salary negotiations taking place across the country. When looking for new employment, inevitably you will be asked by recruitment agencies and employers alike for your salary information. Don’t fall into the [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Interviewing, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Salary & Negotiation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (18)

Consider What Your Body Language Is Saying Next Time You’re Interviewed

December 3, 2009 – 12:10 am

Chances are you have never thought much about your body language and the role it plays in whether or not you get a job.  More often than not, we prepare for the job interview by doing our research on the company, going through a few interview questions and answers and making sure we are well [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Interviewing, Job Boards & Job Hunting, Job Seeking & Social Media, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms | Tagged , , , , | Leave a Comment

What To Do When You Hit a Dead End with a Recruiter who has the Job You Want

November 11, 2009 – 1:24 am

Most of us have been there. We have seen a job that we know we are just perfect for. We have done our research and consider ourselves of sound mind and judgement, and so are being realistic in our summation that we are a feasible contender for the job. However, we find that we can get [...]

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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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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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