Career stories, inspiration & guidance
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Women in IT: What it looks like when you overcome gender bias
Parisa is familiar with the challenge of gender bias in tech. Here’s how she tackled it head on, built a successful IT career, and grew into leadership.
Growing a leadership career in environmental sustainability
A surprise promotion generated anxieties for Fiona. Discover how Stantec’s supportive workspace, and a positive attitude, gave her room to grow.
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A question of balance
KeyPay’s quest to build a more diverse workforce. When KeyPay approached WORK180, it was to address one of the most common problems faced by tech companies; a heavily skewed gender imbalance in the development team. The four co-founders knew that for the business to...
Why health and wellbeing matters in the workplace
Hi, I’m Megan! I look after our Health & Wellbeing program at Optus and have been with the organization since 2012. I originally started out my career as a nurse, but after 10 years, I realized I was more passionate about workplace wellbeing. In 2005, I set up the...
A career in security is anything but a regular IT job
In today’s digital world, protecting IT systems, data and even your identity is a burgeoning business – and careers for women in this sphere are growing just as fast. Fatema Hashmi, a security consulting analyst with Accenture, achieved her position through a...
Meet Kaitlin Langdon, Top 30 innovative Engineer in 2018
People tend to pause and reflect on their careers at major milestones, looking back on their achievements after 10, 25, 40 years in an industry. This year I was humbled to be named one of Engineers Australia ‘Top 30 Innovative Engineers for 2018’ at age 30 and as a...
How Arcadis attracts and keeps great people
’Flexible Working’. That’s the usual response when you ask someone what makes Arcadis a great place to work. In fact, 86% of respondents in their most recent employee engagement survey said that they were supported to work in a flexible way. More specifically, Arcadis...
10 pieces of advice from the Women of PwC
We asked some of the incredible women trailblazing in all areas of our work: What advice would you offer your younger self and young women of today? 1. "I would tell myself to have a go at everything you can, as every experience is a learning - even the bad ones! I'd...
My life as an engineer at Laing O’Rourke
“I have my dream job!" Nicole Waterman discusses life as an engineer in construction and how Laing O'Rourke's parental leave policy is changing the game. Nicole Waterman always planned to be an architect, until some good advice from her university lecturer shifted her...
3 baby steps to create a great workplace for yourself
Do you love your job? Do you like the way you work? Do you have the ability to manage your work and life commitments? If you answered yes to that, I celebrate you and the actions you have taken to get there. You and I both know that all of the pieces of the puzzle of...
Emily Duggan, Racing Car Driver
When Emily Duggan, Australian Racing Car Driver was preparing for her first race in 2014, to compete against an all male field, she called the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) to check with officials whether it was within the rules to allow a woman to...