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.
Featured articles
Pregnant and about to start a new job? What’s next?
Does finding out you’re pregnant during a job application process mean you have to step down? Angeles Miranda’s shares her own experience at Ampol.
You don’t have to be in HR to help build an inclusive culture
Check out how Moé has helped build Pacific National’s great culture from her role as Regional Manager.
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Life Underground
Anglo American’s Katie Buttery shares a story of an electrical engineering career at the coalface Sometimes a picture really does speak a thousand words. Search for ‘Katie Buttery’ on LinkedIn. Amid the countless photos of suits, power poses and perfect smiles, you’ll...
Top 10 interview questions from experienced hiring managers
With a variety of job interview styles, we want to help our community prepare and put their best foot forward in interviews. We asked experienced HR Professionals for their favorite interview question and what it tells them about the candidate. Rob Brown | Talent...
Leadership by design
Where do you thrive? In big companies? Small ones? In a specific industry or sector? How do you know? Radhika Nichlani knows from experience. Having enjoyed fulfilling and impactful roles with some very different businesses, including Accenture, Specsavers and IMC,...
Eight ways to boost gender equality
The gender pay gap is narrowing and the number of women on boards is increasing but there’s still more to be done to achieve gender equality. Here’s an expert’s view on how to level the field. While there’s plenty of promising news around gender equality, there’s more...
Make your CV stand out: use action verbs
If you’ve taken a long career break it could be many years, and possibly even decades, since you last wrote a CV. Don't just redo an old version, as CVs are now written in a very different way. One of the major changes is the shift from talking about your past...
Women @ King: Skilled and Professional
From the women at King! Maryna - Senior Game Designer at King I am from Ukraine. Somehow people there still believe that games are for boys! So I didn’t get any consoles for my birthdays as you can imagine. I got my first PC when I was 17. And from then on my gaming...
Candidate advice from someone who knows
WORK180’s Carlie Walker knows recruitment from both sides – as a busy recruiter seeking great talent and as a ‘continuous candidate’ trying to find the right fit. Drawing on a journey spanning frustration to jubilation, and connection to disaffection, she offers five...
Turn a frown upside down
Life moves fast these days. So do people. Instant messaging, tweets, likes, networks… It can all be empowering and exhilarating but also exhausting… and perhaps a little hollow? As I dial in for my conversation with Nova Group’s HR Manager Nicole McCallum, it’s fair...
Libby May, Schneider Electric’s UK&I Customer Care Manager on recruiting with risks and helping others reach their goals.
Libby May, Schneider Electric's UK&I Customer Care Manager. I have worked for Schneider Electric six years in July initially recruited as the Order Processing Business Unit Manager then taking the UK&I Customer Care Manager leading the Customer Care Centres in...