by Jacynta Clayton | Jun 26, 2023 | Career development, Employee stories inspiration
“I just need someone to give me a shot.” That’s what Jessica Hirst kept telling herself right before she landed her role as Proactive Services Group Manager at Woolworths Group. By then, she already had over 13 years of managerial experience, many of which were with...
by Jacynta Clayton | Jun 19, 2023 | Employee stories inspiration, Flexible working arrangements, Shared caring responsibility
If the thought of woman parenting three early-primary and pre-school aged children makes you think or assume she can’t take on a leadership role ‘because of the kids’ – you’re on the wrong platform. If the thought of a role in senior management at a big multinational...
by Jacynta Clayton | Jun 19, 2023 | Employee stories inspiration, Flexible working arrangements
You’d think in a company of some 90,000-plus employees spread across the globe, it might be easy for you to start feeling like just another number. This feeling would surely be even more probable when you throw in the fact you’re sharing one full-time role with a...
by Jacynta Clayton | Jun 8, 2023 | Policies & support
In the pursuit of success, we often hear that it’s not what you do, but why you do it that truly matters. And they’re not wrong. But here’s the thing: we people often forget about the who in the equation. A scientist and a basement conspiracy blogger are both...
by Jacynta Clayton | Jun 8, 2023 | Employee stories inspiration, Flexible working arrangements
Gold is one of the most malleable and ductile metals around. One ounce of gold can be drawn into 80 kilometers (50 miles) of thin gold wire. And when we say ‘thin’, we’re talking just five microns, or five millionths of a meter, thick. Working in the mining industry,...
