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
7 Outstanding mentorship programs: A look inside top companies
If returning to work after an extended career break is on your mind for this year, here are some great programs specifically designed to help you get started
1 woman’s journey to steer the auto industry towards inclusion
Even as a toddler, Karen was fascinated by how aeroplanes take flight! Find out how she turned her lifelong passion for aeronautics into a dream career.
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Successfully Working Remotely
Our recent webinar on working remotely provided some helpful takeaways on how to set yourself up for success, finding your work rhythms, and how to maintain relationships with colleagues and managers. The webinar sold out in 40 minutes, so if you want to join others...
Leadership Development and Growing Through Challenge
Karley Whimp thought she was going to join the feds after completing Justice Studies, have a gun and run around like she was in Beverley Hills Cop, and says, “here I am in HR for a logistics company, and I absolutely love it.” We discussed taking on new challenges and...
6 ways to survive working remotely with your kids at home
Firstly, if you haven’t already, have a chat to your kids about why they are at home and potentially being home-schooled. Make sure you use language that is age appropriate. My children are 5, 9 and 11, so I have spoken to them all individually about what COVID-19 is...
Episode Seven: Women in STEM, the Girls’ Programming Network and Unconscious Bias
Renee Noble is the executive director of the Girls’ Programming Network, a software engineer at EdTech company Grok Learning, and was recently named in the Australia Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence. Having had no exposure to programming until stumbling...
Finding an employer with shared values
Ibbie Omideyi describes her first day at London North Eastern Railway (LNER) as arriving home. She shares why she “absolutely loves” her job as Community Engagement Manager and the importance of working for an organization with shared values. Ibbie has three core...
How to Have a Career Driven by Curiosity and Passion
Kate Bushell recently joined WORK180 as our Head of Sales. She’s passionate, energetic, believes “the world is your oyster” and is excited about using her 15 years’ sales experience to drive transformation supporting WORK180’s Endorsed Employers. Curiosity Caught the...
Why ‘Culture Add’ is the new ‘Culture Fit’
We have all heard it during the recruitment process - “we are looking for a culture fit with our company” - some of us may have even said it ourselves; but looking for a culture fit can be underpinned by unconscious bias, lack of innovation and cause your business to...
Found yourself working remotely? Here’s 8 tips to ensure you stay happy and productive
When I started at WORK180 a year ago I, like many, had only ever participated in remote working from my couch. I was excited about spending more time with my cats every day but nervous at the prospect of managing teams and my own priorities outside of the structure of...
The secrets to a successful job sharing arrangement
Job sharing, where one full-time role is shared by two part-time professionals, is becoming more and more popular as companies beef up their flexible working policies. But how do you turn it from a good idea on paper to a seamless arrangement in practice? We have some...