Category Archives: Redundancy & Outplacement

Do You Have a Career Transition Object? It May Just Help Career Changers …

October 19, 2011 – 11:01 am

This weekend I attended the Victorian Career Development Association of Australia mini conference.  As with any event you attend you always walk away with new knowledge and insights, which is what makes getting up early on a Saturday bearable. Louise Millar-Hoffman – a Career Coach with an environmental focus – gave a powerful presentation that [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Career Events, Career Services & Advice, Career Strategy & Planning, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Information of Interest, Searching for the Six Figure Job, Six Figures News | Leave a Comment

Q&A with Career Coach & Recruiter Melissa Martin on the Australian Job Market

July 4, 2011 – 9:07 pm

This week we interview Melissa Martin from The Clarity Group who has the advantage of having a strong corporate HR background in addition to having spent many years working in both recruitment and as a career coach.  Melissa’s knowledge of the job market and what employers look for is second to none – this combined [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Advancing Women's Careers, Career Services & Advice, Education, Employers & Social Media, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Expats, Human Resources, Information of Interest, Job Boards & Job Hunting, Job Seeking & Social Media, Networking, Personal & Work Values, Personal Branding, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Reputation Management, Resume Writing, Salary & Negotiation, Searching for the Six Figure Job, Six Figures News, Six Figures Website Updates | Leave a Comment

Are You In the Right Job? Take Our Simple Career Health Test

June 30, 2011 – 8:43 pm

No doubt you can recall being in emergency at a hospital for yourself or with a loved one. When you arrive they ask you how your pain is on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the most intense level of pain. The same exercise can also be applied to both your job [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Advancing Women's Careers, Baby Boomers/ Third Agers, Career Events, Career Services & Advice, Cover Letters, Directorships & Boards, Education, Employers & Social Media, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Expats, Human Resources, Information of Interest, Interesting Events, International Workers & Assignments, Interviewing, Interviews with HR & Recruitment Professionals, Job Boards & Job Hunting, Job Seeking & Social Media, Networking, Personal & Work Values, Personal Branding, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Reference & Background Checks, Reputation Management, Resume Writing, Salary & Negotiation, Searching for the Six Figure Job, Six Figures News, Six Figures Press Releases, Six Figures Website Updates, Social Media & Technology, Surveys & Competitions, Training & Events, Website Updates | Leave a Comment

More Money – Male Vs Female – What’s Your View

May 18, 2011 – 1:40 pm

 The 2011 Executive Monitor Report surveyed nearly 1,000 high income earning men and women in Australia. What the findings uncovered of this segment was that more female executives (high income earners) are disappointed with their remuneration levels than their male counterparts. A total of 38% are either ‘very disappointed’ or ‘disappointed’ with their salary. Leading [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Advancing Women's Careers, Interviewing, Recruitment Agencies & Search Firms, Salary & Negotiation, Six Figures News | Leave a Comment

Six Figures – Professional Career Coaches

June 23, 2010 – 9:48 pm

Career Lacking Direction? Looking for a Job or Career Change? Six Figures has experienced career coaches whose focus is on professionals and executives like yourself. A few of our coaches include; – Mary Grech has extensive experience in dealing with a diverse range of clientele. Her professional career has encompassed career counselling and coaching of [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching | Leave a Comment

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, Human Resources | Leave a Comment

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 [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Also posted in Career Services & Advice, Executive Career Management & Development, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Information of Interest, Six Figures News, Six Figures Press Releases | Leave a Comment

Have you experienced an outplacement or career transition service? Complete our survey & win yourself some Grange!

August 31, 2009 – 11:28 pm

If you are an executive or professional who has been through an outplacement program or career transition service provider in the last five years, we would welcome your feedback on how you found the experience. Our short survey will take only 5 minutes of your time to complete with the information being used to look [...]

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Goodbye Excessive Payouts for Executives

August 11, 2009 – 4:12 am

An interesting article in the Australian Financial Review has stated that Executive’s payouts might soon be limited to just one years pay in a bid to stop multimillion dollar handouts to underperforming executives. According to the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) between 1990 and 2005 top CEO pay had ballooned from a multiple of [...]

By Karen Jenkin | Also posted in Employers & Social Media, Executive Career Services & Coaching, Personal Branding, Reputation Management, Salary & Negotiation | Tagged , | Leave a Comment

Recruitment, Redundancy and the Missing R – Respect!

June 29, 2009 – 5:45 am

Respect can never be underestimated as it is a value many of us hold dear; respect for our information, privacy, views, time, and so on. Yet one area that I increasingly hear about is a dearth of respect in and around both recruitment and redundancy. Respect as defined by Wikipedia: Respect is esteem for, or [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Executive Talent Attraction & Retention, Information of Interest, Six Figures News | Comments (4)
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