Roxanne Calder

Roxanne Calder, the author of ‘Employable – 7 Attributes to Assuring Your Working Future’ (Major Street $29.95), is the founder and managing director of EST10 – one of Sydney’s most successful administration recruitment agencies. Roxanne is passionate about uncovering people’s potential and watching their careers soar.

Roxanne Calder is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow her on LinkedIn.

CEO Insider

Why switching off is key to boosting your productivity

CEO InsiderRoxanne Calder

We are always on. In today’s digital everything world, is there ever a time we are not reachable? In the morning, is the phone the recipient of your first physical contact and engagement? My bet, for most of us, the answer is yes. It continues, with incremental, gradual creeping insertions;...

CEO Insights

How Effective Are Your Workplace Perks at retaining staff?

CEO InsightsRoxanne Calder

Pre-COVID-19 and workplace perks were different. In essence, perks were a benefit or bonus of employment, directly connected to the business or industry and intrinsically linked to employee motivations. Work in a hair salon and receive haircuts, and if you have a passion for foreign countries and cultures, a job...

Success and Leadership

Recruitment expert on what to do if you make the wrong hire?

Success and LeadershipRoxanne Calder

The search for talent has become a hen's teeth exercise. The process is exhausting and costly. Is it any wonder our hopes run high when presented with a slither of skills and a thimble of talent? Our mind's cry is, 'yes, that can work!'. The exhilaration of finally filling the...

Success and Leadership

Why loyalty now means more at work – and how to get it

Success and LeadershipRoxanne Calder

Loyalty is the fly-under-the-radar virtue and is frequently usurped for its more glamourous comraderies like generosity, fairness, or the new kid on the block - resilience. Whilst veritable qualities with deserved standing, they don't come close to the laurels of loyalty. Loyalty is your best buddy from school- the formative...

CEO Insider

It’s time to rethink the gender negotiation game

CEO InsiderRoxanne Calder

It is 2023, and to our chagrin, men still achieve better economic results in negotiations than women. The research shows this, but as a career advisor, I also know it to be true. It is evident when coaching women on salary negotiations and career advancements, and sadly, despite knowing better,...

CEO Journal

Why employee loyalty is the new black

CEO JournalRoxanne Calder

Shūshin koyō: the Japanese term for lifetime employment. With strong links to company pride, security, family, and loyalty, it is a legacy of the post-war era. As Japan tried to rebuild its devastated economy, the demand for labour skyrocketed. Sound familiar? Whilst lifetime employment is not an overly Western concept,...

Success and Leadership

How to achieve greater employee buy-in when growing your business

Success and LeadershipRoxanne Calder

If growing your business right now, my guess is staffing issues are delivering you a world of pain. Time and our precious human resources are in scarce supply. Every organisation is deprived of talent. As for time, that is the consequence and paid handsomely for, in lieu of human capital....

CEO Agenda

Old School Making a Comeback

CEO AgendaRoxanne Calder

I am proudly old school, and not alone. There are many more of us out there. Underground, we have become the alternative subculture. Not to defy change but preserve what we know works. Resistant to superficial innovation, just for the fake of it and a preference for enduring qualities, we...

Success and Leadership

5 tips for mums returning to the workforce

Success and LeadershipRoxanne Calder

Being a mother and parent is one of the most important jobs in the world. Motherhood also transforms many women into better leaders, otherwise known as ‘power moms’. Yet, the pandemic attached a penalty to such skills, with over two million women across the globe, forced to leave the workforce...

CEO Insider

Why it’s time we take an honest look at wellbeing

CEO InsiderRoxanne Calder

As a professional recruiter, I interview 100's of job seekers, and the pursuit of well-being and balance is top of their list. Everyone wants it. Fair enough. I too, quest for that elusive perfect balance… as I write on a Sunday at 5 am. But it is my balance and...

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Roxanne Calder

Why switching off is key to boosting your productivity

How Effective Are Your Workplace Perks at retaining staff?

Recruitment expert on what to do if you make the wrong hire?

Why loyalty now means more at work – and how to get it

It’s time to rethink the gender negotiation game

Why employee loyalty is the new black

How to achieve greater employee buy-in when growing your business

Old School Making a Comeback

5 tips for mums returning to the workforce

Why it’s time we take an honest look at wellbeing

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