Career stories, inspiration & guidance

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...

Hillary Clinton pushed through the ultimate glass ceiling to become the first female presidential nominee, and in Australia women are smashing away at similar barriers in their workplace. Women are still dramatically underrepresented in many traditionally...

Meet Nicki Curtis, a Product Owner at Xero. Nicki joined the Xero team in Melbourne in March 2015 and is is based in the Xero Business Edition Product team, with her focus on the onboarding experience. WHAT ARE THE REASONS YOU CHOSE TO JOIN XERO? Xero always struck me...

Diverse City Careers (DCC)* have been announced as leaders in Advertising, winning in the category at the inaugural #TechDiversity awards. #TechDiversity is an industry alliance committed to amplifying diversity awareness and increase the participation of women and...