Flexible working is at the top of priority lists for many job seekers these days, with 38% of respondents in a recent survey rating it more important than pay. But flexible working is often viewed by others as signaling a lack of commitment to the job or with an...
Many years ago I took a Business Writing Skills Course. Before the awesome advances in digital content, the company I was working for was writing 200 page tender documents for large corporates and it seemed our responses were filled with tired and boring language. We...
Today is Equal Pay Day. Equal pay day is administered by Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) as a symbolic day to reflect the national pay gap, marking the additional time from the end of the previous financial year that women must work to earn the same as men....
I’m reading ‘Stop Fixing Women’ by Catherine Fox. One of the many quotes in the book that resonated with me is from James Sutherland, CEO, Cricket Australia. He says that the talent development pathway for women playing cricket is ‘a bit like the Eiffel Tower, and the...
Sheila Mananghaya, a Senior Project Engineer with Laing O'Rourke, has built a very successful career within the firm from the ground up. Beginning as a building cadet while still completing her Bachelor of Property and Sustainable Development (Majoring in Construction...
Endorsed Employer for Women, Laing O’Rourke’s Australia Hub Managing Director Cathal O’Rourke has been confirmed as a WGEA Pay Equity Ambassador. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is a Commonwealth Government agency created to promote and improve gender...
At QSuper, they know women are the future and are investing in supporting their women. We spoke to 15 inspiring women in the QSuper Group’s IT department about how QSuper empowers women and why women should consider careers in IT.
Lucy Taylor counts her mother as someone who positively influenced her to reach her potential. She is currently the HR Business Partner and responsible for a team who support and advise over 1300 engineers at Northern Trains.
Rannie Teodoro’s career has been as eclectic as her interests, which include martial arts and learning how to DJ. As Director, Head of Design at Thumbtack, she now leads the Product Design, Experience Research, and Product Writing teams.
Megna Murali is a foodie, and the first thing she plans when she travels is where to eat! So, it’s no surprise she’s building her career around food, as the Marketing Data Analytics & Insights Manager for Woolworths.
Joanne Thomas used to own a beauty salon, where her favourite clients were the people she really got to speak with and get to know. Ready for a change, she decided to go big or go home and joined Sandvik as a Rock Tools Technician.
Klara Owens was about to completely step out of the corporate world when Reward Gateway got in touch. With a mission to make the world a better place to work, Klara began changing lives in a different way — starting with her own.