Career stories, inspiration & guidance
Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your own career, after first person perspectives from our Endorsed Employer employees, or seeking DEI knowledge and guidance, we’ve got it all right here on our blog. You can use our search bar if you’re after something specific or simply explore our featured articles below.
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Meet Lucia Olalla
Are you looking to grow your career with an organization that’s passionate about driving science forward?
Lucia Olalla has found exactly that, along with genuine support and real career opportunities
— all at Abcam.
WORK180’s International Women’s Day Summit 2023 wrap-up
Our inaugural International Women’s Day Summit was a day of open conversations and celebration. Discover who won our coveted Workplace Equity Awards.
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Helping people and making meaning
Chatting to Isabella Lloyd it’s immediately clear that really cares about people, and the difference she wants to make in the world is helping and connecting with all different parts of society. She used to pass through London Bridge each day on her way to work in...
The career path to national sales manager
There’s no typical day in sales, and that’s what Rebecca Yeates loves about it. She shares her career journey to National Business Manager – Key Independent Retail at Carlton United Breweries, and why women make fantastic salespeople. Rebecca also loves the highs and...
How to overcome imposter syndrome
Have you ever felt like you don’t deserve your successes, that they’re the result of a lucky hand and you’ll soon be exposed as a fraud? As a result, you might play down your accomplishments. Or perhaps you feel like you’re not smart, talented or experienced enough to...
A Shared Purpose: Unitywater’s Martine Watson is more connected to her mission than ever
As a young navy cadet with a passion for hands-on work, Martine Watson was among the second intake of female electrical apprentices at BHP’s Port Hedland site in 1993. Over the next two decades, Martine would work across a number of sectors, progress to leadership...
Episode Five: Understanding your strengths, taking risks and the value of volunteering
Kate Hobbs is a passionate friend, family member, mum and change maker who finds it hard to walk past an opportunity to make a difference. She started her professional life as a marketing consultant. However, she spent the majority of her career loving the mining...
9 tips to make working from home work for you
Working from home comes with many perks, but it can also bring some challenges. Here are nine tips to help make working remotely a success, maintaining balance, boundaries and productivity. 1. Create good workspace ergonomics If you're working from home regularly, put...
‘Mumday’: How Heidi is redefining the working week
Heidi Stevens, Territory Manager at ITW, says she’s found an employer who truly empowers her as a leader and as a mum. Read on to learn how Heidi returned from parental leave to step up for a promotion – while embracing flexible work to raise her daughter. Hitting the...
9 of the best podcasts for working mums
Podcasts are a multi-taskers dream come true. They’re a convenient and efficient way of learning and expanding your mind, whether you’re at work, commuting or doing the dishes. So when you’re in need of some words of wisdom, a download of the latest issues affecting...
Strategic Risk Taking in STEMM
Sinead Grant is a Manager in the Advanced Analytics Enablement Team at NAB which forms part of Technology and Operations. Sinead’s role is essentially providing all non-technical support for data scientists across the enterprise; everything from learning and...