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All aboard for positive change: How CEO Angie Doll is leading a new railway era
Discover Angie Doll’s journey as CEO of Govia Thameslink, leading change in rail and inspiring women in male-dominated industries.
Jumpstart your journey: Exciting early career programs to boost your career in 2025
The start of a new year is the perfect time to launch your professional...
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Women in tech: Is authenticity the key to excelling your career?
Darcie Bailey thought everyone who worked in banking would be “serious, stiff and always a bit angry because of all the pressure”. After joining NAB in 2019 on a six-month student internship, as the final requirement of her degree, she found it to be quite the...
Break the mold to get the finance career you want at Athena
Athena likes to do things differently and as a company they’re well known for being movers and shakers in the home loan market. They have recently been named Financial Review’s Most Innovative Company of 2021. This goes for how they treat their employees too. Within...
Diversity fatigue? Here are some words of wisdom from the experts
The phrase ‘diversity fatigue’ can conjure up complaints of “awkward conversations'' or social media comments from people that are “tired of hearing about it”. However, diversity fatigue is also used to describe the exhaustion, despair, and a (worryingly) potential...
Exciting career progression at Aurizon
Renee Johnson joined Aurizon as a graduate, and ten years later she’s still there as the Manager of Transformation and Integration. She was set up for success with the grad program and is proof you can grow your entire career in Aurizon. A surprising challenge Aurizon...
Balancing work with the great outdoors at Afterpay
Ola Kasperska is a Finance Analytics Manager at Afterpay, and alongside being an amazing professional, Ola owns and rides a horse and hikes Tasmanian mountains like a pro. She told us how Afterpay have supported her career journey and development, the importance of...
Navigating a challenging, successful career at CSIRO
We all have inner strengths. But we often don’t realise it until we’re forced to tackle a challenge or opportunity head on. And while some people can bounce back from adversity overnight, many of us need to take a more gradual approach as we learn and gain confidence...
If you like puzzles, a career in Underwriting could be for you
Alexandra H-C Borgnis wants you to know that a career in insurance is definitely not dull. She admits that her high-school self would probably say that her job sounds “boring”, but she’d like to reassure her younger self (and anyone else) that “It really isn’t, and...
7 reasons you’ll thrive as a woman in tech at Microsoft
With more than twenty years as part of the Microsoft partner ecosystem, Jody Wharton shares her positive experiences there as a working mum of three. In her busy role as Senior Azure Infrastructure Specialist, which she has held for the past 18 months, Jody helps...
5 traits every Project Manager needs to be top of their game
Susan Mackenzie didn’t set out on her career path with the aim of becoming a Project Manager. Getting to the position she holds now has been an organic process, expanding on her expertise and personal interests to find the perfect job-match for her skills and...