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...
In this special Bonus Episode of Equality Talks, our last episode of Equality Talks for Season Two and 2020, we discuss the superannuation gender gap with Sangeeta Venkatesan
You might not expect the Chief Risk Officer of QSuper to be a risk-taker herself, but Anne Finney’s motto is to always take a chance – you never know what might come from it!
It’s official, we’re breaking up with 2020! Read our poem, Why Women Won’t Miss 2020 by Sophie Main to find out why.
With a decade long career at Southeastern Railway, Rebecca Smith has spent the majority of her time as a train driver. A role which was almost a spontaneous decision after seeing a vacancy while working on the platform.
King, the creators of Candy Crush, are determined to close the gender gap and bring about balance in the overall male-dominated gaming industry through their Kicking Glass Programme.
WORK180 waves goodbye to 2020 by sharing the positive life lessons lockdown has taught us all. Which ones will you take into the new year?