Career stories, inspiration & guidance
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5 Key factors for DEI success (tried, tested, and proven by experts)
While efforts to drive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have increased...
What is a Chief Technologist (and how do you become one?)
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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10 women share how to succeed in sales
A career in sales can be full of excitement and benefits. There’s the freedom, flexibility and unlimited earning potential, along with plenty of professional growth and the ability to build transferable skills. After all, a successful salesperson is not just a seller,...
A career wearing many hats, from tech to politics
A technologist, ‘hobby politician’ and Head of Communications at eyeo, Laura Dornheim was once concerned her career had no common thread. She now considers herself incredibly lucky to have found a job that allows her to wear many different hats. “There were definitely...
Traffic engineering: A job Hayley Merrick didn’t know existed
As an Urban Traffic Control Engineer at Transport for Greater Manchester, Hayley Merrick spends her day reviewing and modifying traffic lights and signal timings in order to improve people’s journeys through Greater Manchester. It’s a job she now loves but once didn’t...
From a job in retail to a key management position
In the 30 years since she started her career, Sandra has seen Winc, which provides everything a workplace needs to work, go from completely manual processes to fully automated. She also met her partner Michael, moved to Gladstone in Central Queensland and made her way...
Why more women should consider a career as a train driver
Sadie Wells spent 10 years driving trains and absolutely loved it, describing it as one of the best jobs in the world. Now a Driver Team Manager for London North Eastern Railway (LNER) she shares why more women should make up the next generation of train drivers. Rail...
Flexibility in Mining and Seizing Opportunities
Louise Faint grew up on a farm between the Barossa and Clare Valleys in South Australia and always knew she wanted to be an engineer. The high-profile Olympic Dam mine near Roxby Downs put mining engineering on her radar, and she was one of the first cohorts through...
The world is digital: Women should join the revolution
Natalie Taylor’s 20-year career in digital transformation has seen her work for politicians and on high profile projects. She now helps global organizations adapt to our fast-changing world as a leader in PA Consulting’s team of digital experts. And she’s encouraging...
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...