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The Australasian Sourcing Summit – Gavin Heaton
11:37pm Saturday 13 August 2011 - Six Figures The Australasian Sourcing Summit – In Brief & Uncut! Speaker One Gavin Heaton, a ‘Servant of Chaos’ for SAP gave a sharp presentation highlighting what can be achieved when a company puts money and resources behind sourcing. For example SAP has 12 staff who manages its online community of something like 2 million people Gavin [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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The Australasian Sourcing Summit – In Brief & Uncut!
11:21pm Saturday 13 August 2011 - Six Figures It is always energising to attend an event where you are surrounded by people who share your passions – in this case it was sourcing. This week the first Australasian Sourcing Summit was held in Sydney, hosted by Philip Tusing and Andrea Mitchell who did a great job bringing it all together. The list of [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Ten Powerful Steps to Negotiating a Higher Salary
6:38pm Wednesday 10 August 2011 - Six Figures Recent psychological research reveals 10 strategies that will help you hike your paycheck. This article on Psyblog offers some good tips and advice on salary negotiation, and includes some new research that suggests you should disclose the figure you are after. This goes against all the research and experiences that I have had; however, that [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Is a Transparent Payroll Going to Deliver Pay Equality?
6:47pm Wednesday 03 August 2011 - Six Figures It is an interesting topic that has got a bit of media coverage this week – the topic of employers providing wage transparency in a bid for equal pay. Generally speaking, we don’t like to discuss our pay with others at work or out of work – even though it’s likely we all have a [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Recruitment, Respect and Good Old-Fashioned Customer Service
10:53am Friday 29 July 2011 - Six Figures “We live in a society” quotes George from a Seinfield episode. A key component for a successful society is having respect for others. Yet when it comes to recruitment, there seems to be a diminishing lack of respect being shown for job seekers at all levels. While it is appreciated that recruiters are under pressure, [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Q&A with Leanne Cleghorn Career Strategist, Focussing on Women’s Careers
2:49pm Friday 22 July 2011 - Six Figures 1. The job market has still not fully recovered with employers still exercising some caution when it comes to hiring. How do you foresee hiring over the next 12 months? My experience in the past six months is that hiring is very niched. That is, hiring occurs when people closely match the required skills, even [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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To DIY or Outsource the Overhaul of Your Resume?
1:03pm Saturday 16 July 2011 - Six Figures I think that most professionals and executives would agree that investing in a quality Resume is an important career strategy. Unfortunately too many resumes are pretty average to say the least. Many resumes are too long, visually awful, boring, include irrelevant information, don’t make sense, contain grammatical errors – I could go on and on. The [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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‘Work from Home’ business falsely advertising using the Six Figures url on Facebook
11:43am Wednesday 13 July 2011 - Six Figures We would like to notify the market that a ‘work from home’ type business (that continually changes their url) is falsely using the Six Figures url www.sixfigures.com.au in their Facebook advertising. Six Figures is not associated with any ‘work from home businesses’. We are a site for employers and recruiters to advertise genuine $100K+ jobs, [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Q&A with Gillian Kelly – Australia’s leading Resume Writer & Personal Brand Expert
11:39am Wednesday 13 July 2011 - Six Figures This week for Careers Month we interview Gillian Kelly, from Career Edge who is Australia’s leading resume writer and personal branding expert. 1. The job market has still not fully recovered with employers still exercising some caution when it comes to hiring. How do you foresee hiring over the next 12 months? The real issue for most individuals [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Join us on 11 August 2011 at the University of Technology for the first Australasian Sourcing Summit
10:25am Tuesday 12 July 2011 - Six Figures Bringing together sourcing innovators from Australia and New Zealand, the Sourcing Summit will highlight the important role of sourcing in the region. The Summit will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn from thought leaders, practitioners and organisations who are deeply involved in the local industry and are at the forefront of sourcing excellence. Did [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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