One of the greatest challenges facing many women who have taken a break from the workforce to become mothers is an existentialist one. Let me explain. Imagine an ambitious and driven thirty something year old professional loving her working career. She’s worked hard,...
Hosted by the inspiring Hayley Lewis, the 2016 Women in IT Queensland (WiT) Awards gala dinner on 2nd September, celebrated nine of Queensland’s most talented women making a difference in technology and life sciences. Announced as the winner of the Sue Wickenden...
*Someone recently told me, “The war on talent is over, the talent has won.” Whilst sounding mildly cheesy, this statement holds a lot of truth. CEOs, Executives, Managers, HR and Recruitment teams all realize how critical hiring good people is, but finding it more...
This is my first interview for my Scientific Reasoning feature. The questions will be the same for each interviewee and I hope that they will give us some insight into the lives of a few of today’s scientists. Dr Julia Archbold is a good friend of mine. We have known...
"It’s often got nothing to do with the person they’re intimidated by, and plenty to do with the story they’ve created about them" Not long ago a woman in her 40s approached me after a speaking at her company’s annual conference to ask my advice on how to have a...
Clients often approach us around consulting for employer branding, except they are calling what we do at DCC Jobs*, ‘Diversity Branding’. My brutally honest answer to “What can we do to stand out in this space?” is that it’s a lot more ‘doing’ then having meetings...
When Marjorie Sanchez had her daughter in 2016, she was torn between her career aspirations and new-found responsibilities.
Throughout her career at Alcoa, Libby White has worked across finance, operations and human resources, in both Australia and overseas, and considers herself extremely fortunate to have enjoyed the opportunities she’s had…
Cyber Security is yet another technical industry where stereotypes abound – hackers in basements wearing dark hoodies…
Madeleine McDougall and Andrew Hulme are proving that job sharing at an executive level can be a winner for all involved.
“I say I grew up at Stanwell. I was a graduate and not quite 22 when I joined. The biggest thing I saw when I came to Stanwell was that it was a really different workplace.”
In industries encountering stereotyping – like Cyber Security and many other technical fields – attracting diverse candidates can be challenging. But you know that sometimes the best people for a role aren’t just the ones who’ve done it before…