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How support for women facing Domestic and Family Violence is saving lives
How support for women facing Domestic and Family Violence is saving lives.
Graduates Excelling at Newcrest
Newcrest Mining are committed to their people. Newcrest’s graduate program gives emerging talent the opportunity to kick start their careers with a lot of support.
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Are you supporting the women around you?
Written by Margie Warrell. Women must lift as they climb. Together women will go further than they ever will alone. "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." These words by Madeleine Albright, America’s first female ceiling-smashing...
Diverse City Careers announced as finalists in the 2015 ARN Women in ICT Awards
The Diverse City Careers (DCC)* Co-founders are honored to be among an elite group of finalists representing the ICT industry in the 2015 ARN Women in ICT Awards (WIICTA) awards within the Innovation category. The Innovation award recognizes candidates who stand-out...
Workplace flexibility- why policies alone are not enough
Those who know me well, know I’m a fan of analogies and fitness. So it will be no surprise the idea behind this post came to me during a workout. I’m a member of two gyms- a large, commercial gym with locations all over Australia and also a smaller, privately owned...
Two Australian female led organisations focus on improving Australia’s falling number of female leaders
In Australia, we’re facing confronting statistics both around the gender gap between men and women and the number of women in leadership. According to the WGEA, the pay gap average is around 17.9% between males and females and 82.7% of CEOs of non-public sector...
Zero Gender Divide- How to Achieve Balance in the Workplace
It was a great honor for Diverse City Careers (DCC)* to recently co-host the Zero Gender Divide panel with Nitro, one of Australia’s own Tech start-up success stories. The theme of the event was around “Complementary Collaboration” and discussed how to nurture an...
Seven hurdles women need to overcome to take a seat at the table
Women make great leaders. We are good listeners, naturally perceptive, highly compassionate and outstanding bridge builders. Needless to say, women who reach the highest levels of power have proven themselves time and time again at being incredibly effective at...
WORK180 announce their Advisory Board – a group of individuals passionate about gender equality
WORK180 is pleased to announce the members of its Advisory Board, all committed to the company’s mission to create better workplaces for women. Launched on 15th May, 2015 by Gemma Lloyd and Valeria Ignatieva, WORK180 is Australia’s only jobs site that...
Ladies – Enough with the apologies!
We are women, hear us roar. Some days. Other days, well, you might hear us apologizing for our opinion before we’ve even voiced it, second guessing our decisions, doubting our capability, feeling undervalued but unwilling ask for what we want, or tip toeing around...
3 Simple Ways to Impress a Retail Hiring Manager
Thank you to everyone who’d sent in ideas for our next article- this week’s topic was suggested by Michelle Larsen from Melbourne. More ideas welcome- please send to dcc@diversecitycareers.com* As we recently welcomed out first retail client (and our favorite clothing...