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Want top-notch career development opportunities? Try mining!
Mining companies offer some of the best career development and mentoring opportunities out there. Learn how Marieka Vercoe built her career in mining.
5 Key factors for DEI success (tried, tested, and proven by experts)
While efforts to drive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have increased...
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NAB Careers: How to live life in the moment
Nuby Rangel moved to Australia with only basic English. She joked that a year later she had to learn a whole new language with all the acronyms in her new position at NAB. Now ten years later, she’s thriving in her role in data analytics. A cancer diagnosis faced Nuby...
Working for Woolworths: A career with great shelf life
Next time you step into Woolworths, notice how the products are placed on the shelves. Every single product, why it is available in your local store, where it is located on the shelf and how much of it has been strategically placed there for a reason — and it’s all to...
NAB Careers: A career from paddock to plate
Madeline Owens grew up in a farming family. She was an avid horse rider before getting injured in a jumping fall, but she has moved back onto some land and is about to get a horse again! This move is a return to her roots, and her work in agribusiness supports her...
Bringing good medicine to the world
When Jill Allen joined our video call her name came up as “Meme Bot”. She laughed that her nine-year-old must have been on the computer when she wasn’t looking. Her 21-year career at CSL Ltd – a global biotech company – has supported her through multiple career...
Anglo American Careers: Ready to blaze the trail in mining
Lil Shanley loves cooking American style BBQ. The process involves waking up at 3 am to start the low and slow process. After ten hours of cooking, she reaps the rewards, devouring the tender perfection. When she’s not behind the BBQ, she’s a Trainee Underground Miner...
How to be an ally
Barakissa Gakou’s new puppy was playing at her feet while we were speaking, and she loves the fact that flexibility at TE Connectivity means she doesn’t need to leave him at home alone all day while he’s settling in. We spoke about TE’s commitment to diversity, Black...
A career sprint at Olympic Dam
Andrea Kean is a proud whadjuk noongar woman who has been taking leaps and bounds in her career since she joined BHP two years ago. With three children and a grandchild, flexibility has supported her strong ambitions to climb steeply. She talked about the fantastic...
Episode Ten: Mental health at work with Camille Wilson
From her own lived experience of severe mental health issues from a young age, Camille Wilson truly understands what mental health can impose onto an individual’s life. Camille has studied a Bachelor in Psychology at UNSW and is part of the postgraduate program at the...
Staying grounded and down to earth
Faye van Wyk has always had a dream to fly. Literally. When she is not working as a Senior Manager at EY, she is clocking up hours at the nearest regional flying center. Her love of planes and travelling has seen her career soar into global roles at EY — but...