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Are you being ‘romanced’ by jobs that you shouldn’t?
9:20pm Wednesday 21 September 2011 - Six Figures As a job seeker it is likely at some stage you have been ‘romanced’ to apply for various job opportunities that were not necessarily in line with where you saw your career path going. It is common for job seekers to become distracted, particularly when searching jobs online or being approached or headhunted about jobs. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Successful people are always working on their career. The majority of us just work! To change this read on …
8:52pm Wednesday 14 September 2011 - Six Figures “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” — John Maxwell Here are some interesting stats that may get you thinking differently about how you are approaching your career. On average we spend 44 years or 91,250 hours of our lives working On [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Over-qualified &/Or Over-the-hill?
12:19pm Monday 05 September 2011 - Six Figures It’s a common scenario. You are out of work and hunting for a new job, but keep getting told that you are overqualified for the jobs you go after. Kelly Magowan, a director of Six Figures, says it might not make sense, but recruiters are employed to find people who match the profile for a [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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For anyone at the interview stage, this is a must watch video
2:01pm Thursday 25 August 2011 - Six Figures Having worked in the HR, Recruitment and Careers space for many years, I am always looking for new information and insights to assist job seekers, our Six Figures members and my careers clients. Occasionally I come across gold like this 4 minute video which is a must watch for anyone who is about to interview [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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The Australasian Sourcing Summit – In Brief & Uncut! Andrea Mitchell
12:15am Tuesday 23 August 2011 - Six Figures The Australasian Sourcing Summit – In Brief & Uncut! Andrea Mitchell Andrea Mitchell from the Australian Research Network presented on sourcing strategy phases and highlighted some of the great tools out there to assist with sourcing. Some of these included an online mind mapping tools for research Mindmeister Andrea also went through some Boolean search [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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The importance of having a sponsor to advance your career
11:39pm Monday 22 August 2011 - Six Figures As you progress in your career there tends to be a point where you need a sponsor to go higher, particularly if you are fairly ambitious and have a career goal and path in mind. While some are happy to ‘do their time’ and hope that the opportunities they want will be offered, others take [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Why a ‘sponsor’ can help advance your career
11:39pm Monday 22 August 2011 - Six Figures As you progress in your career there tends to be a point where you need a sponsor to go higher, particularly if you are fairly ambitious and have a career goal and path in mind. While some are happy to ‘do their time’ and hope that the opportunities they want will be offered, others take [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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The Australiasian Sourcing Summit – Brent Pearson – It’s not just about getting bums on seats!
10:52pm Tuesday 16 August 2011 - Six Figures The Australasian Sourcing Summit – In Brief & Uncut! Speaker Two Brent Pearson, founder HRX Brent brought a wealth of experience to the conference and spoke on the topic of ‘The role and importance of metrics in sourcing.’ Brent felt that sourcing was still being worked out in Australia as it is still a very young [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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What is the Future of Australian Specialist Job Sites?
2:09pm Monday 15 August 2011 - Six Figures In the past 12 months we have seen the major job sites, Seek, MyCareer and CareerOne focus on beefing up their generalist job ad offerings. Fairfax put to bed The Big Chair and its Headhunter offering, while just last week Seek notified the market of its intention to fold Seek Executive into the main site. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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What is the Future of Australia’s Specialist Job Sites?
2:09pm Monday 15 August 2011 - Six Figures In the past 12 months we have seen the major job sites, Seek, MyCareer and CareerOne focus on beefing up their generalist job ad offerings. Fairfax put to bed The Big Chair and its Headhunter offering, while just last week Seek notified the market of its intention to fold Seek Executive into the main site. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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