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How one school holiday program empowers workplaces for gender equality
How a game-changing school holiday program helped Service Stream take their gender equality efforts to the next level.
How one woman found authentic work-life balance at Ericsson
Finding work-life balance that genuinely works for you isn’t easy. Discover how Ursula Duff found success with Ericsson.
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Why I mentor: empowering girls to close the gender gap – British Business Bank
For Surbjit Juttla, a job in law or accountancy like her parents wanted just never quite sat right. Instead, she leaned into her natural curiosities for IT systems and the computing technology behind them. Now she’s the Head of Test at the British Business Bank. The...
Kids take on Gender Equity
Are there jobs that only girls can do? Should boys get paid more than girls to do the same job? We asked kids their thoughts on Gender Equity and they had some great responses! Watch the full video to hear what they had to say. According to the World Economic Forum,...
Bring yourself and your kids to work – AARNet
When Cassandra Benn started at AARNet as their Event Manager she was drawn to AARNet due to their family friendly working environment, which was ideal for her young family. It did not take long for everyone to see the brilliance in her work and meticulous attention to...
Three decades of career highlights – Alcoa
Back in the days, finding a job involved grabbing the local paper, a yellow highlighter and circling the ones that stood out. This is what Kylie Gibbons did when she saw the refinery job at Alcoa. Her father worked for Alcoa, so it made it an easy decision to apply...
A one-way ticket to a great career – Southeastern Railway
Life has its highs and lows. For Nichola Rutterford, this is something she was acquainted with after experiencing some setbacks. When it’s up, she enjoys the scenery, and when it was down, the team at Southeastern Railway had her back. Southeastern has programs and...
Paving the road to a successful career – Transurban
We caught up with Michele Huey, Group Executive for NSW at Transurban. It was such a pleasure to chat with her because she is the type of leader everyone needs in their organization. Michele is incredibly empathetic, generous with her time and successful in everything...
Everything you do here makes an impact – Iress
As State Manager for the ASX-listed financial technology company Iress, Georgina Boots helps some of the biggest names in wealth management reach their potential and drive successful outcomes. Having graduated recently with an MBA, which she fitted in around her...
3 Steps to self-care at work with Aunty Lou from Adaptivist
To her friends she’s ‘a fellow mermaid’. To her 14-year-old son she’s ‘mum’. To her clients she’s their ‘Senior Account Manager’. But to her fellow Adaptavist colleagues, Louise Miller is most often known as ‘Aunty Lou’. Like any great Aunty, she’s full of quality...
Don’t do more. Do it differently – Hutchison Ports UK
Karen Poulter is the Head of Information Systems Department (ISD) at Hutchison Ports UK. It’s a critical role that oversees a team of 42 people to deliver IT services and change programs. To give you an idea of how critical port IT is to the wider community, Hutchison...