Category Archives: Six Figures News

HOW HAS THE JOB & CAREERS LANDSCAPE CHANGED?

September 1, 2010 – 1:50 pm

What does this mean for you as a job seeker? Career Success Radio asks these questions amongst others to those involved in the employment and social media space across the globe. In this special 2 year birthday special Career Success Radio looks at where things are currently at in relation to employment in the UK, [...]

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Why “Job Seeking” Is Not the Right Approach

August 25, 2010 – 4:19 pm

Are you job-seeking right now? Perhaps you should be out marketing and selling yourself – it is far more empowering! I have recently come to have issues with the term “job seeking”. The reason being is it’s not empowering to be seeking new employment. Seeking implies that you are out there trying – you may [...]

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Successful Salary Negotiation for Consultants, Contractors and Employees

August 24, 2010 – 3:23 pm

This evening I will be speaking to Leanne founder of WINC about Successful Salary Negotiation. The interview content will include: *   In which situations would you consider negotiating your salary? *   When and where is the most appropriate time to do it? *   Is there a time when you wouldn’t negotiate your salary? *   How [...]

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Women in New Careers – ‘Ripe for the Picking’ Career Series

August 11, 2010 – 11:39 am

Women in New Careers – ‘Ripe for the Picking’ Career Series has just launched and features a series of interviews with the best Australian recruitment and career development experts. Topics range from Personal Branding, to Salary Negotiation, Unpicking Selection Criteria, Getting the Perfect Job and more (see below for more detail) Date Speaker Topic 17th [...]

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Why Money Won’t Keep Top Talent

August 11, 2010 – 11:24 am

Lots of us would like to earn more, but we’ll compromise a bit for job satisfaction and prestige. That’s one of the findings from the Executive Monitor, produced jointly by jobsite Six Figures and recruitment specialists Destination Talent. It tracks the recruitment and job attitudes of Australia’s executives. It also shows a highly confident Australian [...]

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Subscribe-HR now supported by Six Figures

June 25, 2010 – 9:26 am

Six Figures, the job site exclusively for $100K+ jobs and contracts, is pleased to announce it now supports job posting from Subscribe-HR‘s On-Demand, Next Gen e-Recruitment and e-HR Software-as-a-Service solutions. So if you’re a current client of Subscribe-HR, call or email us to easily post your jobs to our award-winning job site and connect with [...]

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Resume Real Estate is Valuable – Here is How to Use it Wisely

June 23, 2010 – 3:04 pm

You have no doubt read or heard it before that the reader of your resume spends around 30 seconds skimming through to see if anything stands out to warrant them taking a closer look at your resume. As such, the need to utilize the least amount of space as effectively as possible is paramount. Your [...]

By Kelly Magowan | Also posted in Executive Channel, Executive Job Searching, Recruitment, Resume Writing | Comments (1)

‘Building Your Personal Brand for Career Success’ WIF Event

June 12, 2010 – 9:52 pm

Event Details Presented by:    Women in Finance (Vic) Where:    The Martini Bar, Westin Hotel, 205 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000 When:        Thursday 1 Jul 2010 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm Register Online: https://s.eventarc.com/event/view/874/entry/building-your-brand-end-of-financial-year-and-networking-event Online Registrations close: Friday 25 Jun 2010 Come and join us to celebrate the end of the financial year and begin the [...]

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Show Me The Money! Download Your Complimentary Salary Package Negotiation Guide Today

June 8, 2010 – 9:26 pm

“A great resource for negotiating your next pay rise!” As the end of financial year approaches many people are waiting to see the size of their bonus and/or pay rise. It may be well over a year or two since your last pay rise and chances are you want to insure that you are offered [...]

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Does HR really know what keeps you Engaged @ Work & Loyal to an employer?

May 12, 2010 – 2:32 pm

I read many Human Resource and Recruitment publications online and offline. Occasionally, I find something of interest (generally it’s online in overseas newsletters, blogs, forums, etc); however, more often than not it is the same content that I have read over 10+  years, just written differently. In a recent HR publication ( I cannot remember [...]

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