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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?
Loyalty or job hopping: What’s best for your career?
Are chances for advancing your career better if you stay in your current role, or try something new? We asked Karen, at Woolworths Group.
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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...
Anna Markiel, Schneider Electric’s Operations Manager on why you need to join the Operations industry.
Anna Markiel, Schneider Electric's Operations Manager. What interests you in your role, how has your role/career developed in Schneider? I wanted to join Schneider Electric because I believe that what we do as business is important. I wanted to be a part of it and...
How flexibility saved my career
If it wasn’t for understanding employers who offered flexible working arrangements, my career would have ended the moment I became a single parent, to a child with special needs. I’ve been lucky to have worked flexibly in different ways for nearly 8 years before...
A place to learn and grow: How Lisa Archbold built a career at BP
Qualified Accountant Lisa Archbold has been with BP for 17 years, driving business success from some truly diverse roles. We sat down with her to find out why she’s stayed so long and what she’s learned as a female leader in her field. Lisa Archbold is an accountant...
How to Conquer Delegating Chores to Your Children
When we first developed the Family Checklist campaign, I thought about what my checklist would look like. It really put things into perspective around how much we take on as single parents. I have just the one child and am in awe of anyone who balances several...
Alcoa chief recognised as gender diversity change-maker
Alcoa of Australia’s Chairman and Managing Director and an employee-driven ‘call to action’ company initiative have been announced as finalists in the 2019 Chamber of Minerals and Energy Women in Resources Awards. Michael Parker, an Alcoa employee of 25 years...
Celebrating International Women’s Day with Women in Transport
To celebrate International Women's Day 2019, we partnered with Women in Transport and asked their community: "What's the one piece of advice you would pass on to a woman who is either starting or changing her career to the transport sector?" We are thrilled to share...
EDGE Think Tank: Leveraging your Employer Brand to Attract a Diverse Workforce
WORK180 recently hosted the February Executives Driving Gender Equality (EDGE) Think Tank: Leveraging your Employer Brand to Attract a Diverse Workforce. According to the LinkedIn Global Recruitment Trends report, diversity is the number one hiring trend with 78% of...
“You can’t be what you can’t see. A career in rail is the best kept secret but we need to show women it can work for them.”
CPB Contractors’ Raquel Rubalcaba likens the rail industry to an extended family and is resolute in the opportunities it presents. Now she’s giving back to the industry she loves by helping women thrive. Raquel Rubalcaba doesn’t mess about. A senior Operations Manager...