Career stories, inspiration & guidance
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The champion who’s leading change for women in banking
It might be the last place you’d think to find a champion, but Kym Downie, has a career story that is all about making positive change for women in banking.
Stuck in your career? The rewards of trying something new
Changing careers can be scary. But taking a chance and trying something new can do wonders for your career. Read Jasmin’s story to see how she did it.
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Arcadis remains Flex Able Certified!
Arcadis CEO Malcolm McDowall has made a family commitment. Every single Monday night at 6.30pm his family come together for a family dinner. No excuses. No working late. No travel. Malcolm openly shared his story when he launched Flexible Working Week for Arcadis. He...
Using Technology to Support a Mission
After 10 years working in IT in Russia, Valentina Taranova spent a year in Melbourne at a large digital agency before making the change to join start-up Billy, working on a meaningful, exciting mission. She spoke with us about what it’s like working for a start-up,...
A leader back on track: How Amanda rediscovered her purpose at Unitywater
A natural leader, Amanda Creevey enrolled in the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) at 17 before training to be an officer at the Royal Military College. After more than 11 years in operational leadership roles with the Australian Army, Amanda reintegrated into...
Diversity and Inclusion within Companies and Teams Do Drive High Performance
Subscribe to our fortnightly Women at Work newsletter to get inspiring stories, career building resources and exclusive network invites delivered to your inbox. “Being a minority in any situation can be challenging, it can feel lonely”. Kelly Becker, Country President...
Flexible Work and Finding Your Purpose
Robert Lloyd wanted a sea change after 26 years as a paramedic, joined WORK180 as part of its founding team as the Operations Manager and has never looked back. Since then, Robert’s role has grown to a variety of responsibilities and he particularly loves having a...
Parental leave… it’s not just for mums!
At RACQ we are lucky to have had paid Parental leave for over a decade. Until recently, we’ve had a relatively low take up from dad’s utilising the option, but that is something that we hope to see change into the future. Our Parental Leave Policy applies to all...
Working Remotely (and how)
I work remotely and have been full time for over 6 months now and I wanted to take some time to talk about my experience with it. I quite often joke about this, for example the above image is from a post from my Instagram after my 2nd week working at WORK180, which...
Learning to Lead and Banking Career Highlights
Vanessa Wewer started her career with an exciting secondment to Thailand to work on the international airport and has spent the last 20 years achieving new career highlights, learning to lead and building a family. How to Have A Career of Highlights As we were...
Announcing a New Purpose: To Empower Every Woman to Choose a Workplace Where They Can Thrive
Where it all began When I co-founded WORK180 in February 2015, I saw a broken job process, especially for women*. After the years I spent working in the IT sector, I had first-hand experience of both the employers who were committed to supporting everyone (where I...