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5 Facts about working in mining – that might surprise you!
If someone told you they worked in mining, what comes to mind? Clair shares some facts that might surprise you about what a mining job can look like.
From grad to multinational tech company: Meet Victoria
The tech industry is rich with opportunities. As a tech grad, how can you get the right support to find a job that suits your skills, passions, and talent?
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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...
Women into Maritime
Like so many People and Culture professionals, Louise Lambert wears many hats. As HR Generalist at Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL), she is part of a small, busy team which does everything from recruitment to development, and from performance to payroll. Yet this is no...
King 2019: Women in Games Scholarships
Do you want the freedom to work in a fun, creative and innovative space within one of the world’s leading interactive entertainment companies for mobile games? Then you’ve found the right place! Scholarship Programme King, in partnership with Diversi, is proud to...